[Info-vax] mail puzzle (I know the answer)

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <54c59612$0$20026$c3e8da3$1cbc7475 at news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes: 

> > way NOT to do it is to create TCPIP$SMTP_COMMON:FOO.DIS and put FOO 
> > inside it, since this will result in an infinite loop.  There is a 
> > workaround, though.
> 
> I am not sure of this, but try putting:
> 
> _FOO
> _FOO at node.domain.tld
> node::FOO
> 
> VMSmail handles _FOO for direct delivery, bypassing any forwarding or
> logical names if I recall properly.

Right.

> node::FOO would get the SMTP symbiont to deliver via VMS MAIL at which
> point the lookup of TCPIP$COMMON:FOO.DIS is not made.

OK.

Is the second line needed at all?

> Another way you could try:
> 
> put FOO2 in the .DIS file. And then use MAIL> SET FORWARD to point FOO2
> to FOO. This way the SMTP symbiont will tell VMSmail to deliver to FOO2
> and not really know it is going to FOO.

Haven't tried that, but will probably work.