[nos-bbs] Minimal local mail forwarding setup?

[Michael Curry]

Hi all,

New JNOS user here (about 5 days in), trying to figure out the minimal
configuration needed to get local mail (i.e., mail sent from one local user
to another) to actually appear in the addressee's mailbox.

Just to set the terms of the scenario, let's say that my system's hostname
is "k1bbs" with bbscall "K1BBS-2", and I have two users defined, "k1usr" and
"k2usr". One of these users, say "k1usr" connects to the system via AX.25,
and uses the "S" command to send a message to "k2usr". When the user
completes the message, the system reports that the message has been queued.

Sure enough, in spool/mqueue there are two files corresponding to the
message, 2.txt and 2.wrk. 2.txt contains:
----------
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:25:05 PDT
Message-Id: <1 at k1bbs>
From: k1usr at k1bbs
To: k2usr
Subject: Test
X-JNOS-User-Port: Uplink   (K1USR on port tnc1)  ->  Sending message
Hey, is this thing working?
----------

And 2.wrk contains:
----------
k1bbs
k1usr at k1bbs
k2usr
----------

The writeup in Chapter 18 of the NOSIntro book makes local forwarding seem
simple enough:

"The [NOS] mailer ... places the message in the outgoing mail queue, in
directory */spool/mqueue*, and wakes up the local SMTP client... The SMTP
client takes the message from the outgoing mail queue, and attempts to
forward it to its destination... If the message is addressed to a user on
the local system, the SMTP client will make a direct connection with the
SMTP server on the same system."

However, that's where the trouble starts on my system, which I'm initially
trying to make work as a local mail-drop accessible *only* via AX.25 and the
local "bbs" command. Whenever the SMTP client (or is it the server?) runs,
it complains: "** smtp: Unknown address k1bbs".

How do I get smtp to understand that "k1bbs" is the local host? I tried
putting the line:

127.0.0.1  IN  A  k1bbs

into domain.txt, but that just looks wrong, and besides, it doesn't solve
the problem.

What's the magical incantation needed to get this working?

Thanks,

Michael KI6TYV
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