[nos-bbs] smtp gateway command

[Michael Fox - N6MEF]

Never mind.  I just tried with Maiko's system and it works fine.  That is, I
can telnet to Maiko's machine, log in, send myself a message at my machine,
and it works.  I can log into my machine, send a message to myself at
Maiko's machine, then telnet to Maiko's machine and it's there.  Boom.

 

Must be a problem on the other end for that one other station.

 

m.

 

From: nos-bbs-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:nos-bbs-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf
Of Michael Fox - N6MEF
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [nos-bbs] smtp gateway command

 

But that's not the behavior I'm seeing.  See below.  I can ping and telnet
and whatever to the non-domain.txt hosts but mail doesn't go out to them.

 

m

 

From: nos-bbs-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:nos-bbs-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf
Of Bob Tenty
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 8:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [nos-bbs] smtp gateway command

 

Translation:
If it can't find the records by whatever means, mail will be sent to the the
smtp gateway.
(if defined in the autoexec.nos)

Bob VE3TOK

On 11-03-09 05:11 PM, Michael Fox - N6MEF wrote: 

Can someone clarify the usage of the smtp gateway command?

 

The documentation says:   "Any mail sent to a host not in the domain.txt
file or not found via a nameserver query, will instead be sent to the
gateway for forwarding (if #define'd)."

 

For an OR statement to be true, only one of the inputs need to be true.   So
if mail is destined for a host which is NOT in domain.txt, then an smtp
gateway is required, EVEN IF the host IS found via a nameserver query.
Correct?

 

If so, that would match the condition I'm seeing.  I don't currently have an
smtp gateway configured.  Messages to hosts in my domain.txt file go out,
but messages to hosts which are not in my domain.txt file sit in the smtp
queue and don't go out, even though those hosts are listed in DNS.  

 

If this is all true, then it seems like the second condition is meaningless
and should be removed from the text.  In other words, if the destination
host is not in domain.txt then the mail will be sent to the gateway for
forwarding.  If a gateway is not defined, then the messages will remain in
the queue.  Am I reading this wrong?

 

 

Michael

N6MEF

 

 

 

 
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