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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Sure enough, in spool/mqueue there are two files corresponding to the message, 2.txt and 2.wrk. 2.txt contains:</div>
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<div><font face="times new roman,serif">Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:25:05 PDT<br>Message-Id: <</font><font face="times new roman,serif">1@k1bbs</font>><br><font face="times new roman,serif">From: </font><font face="times new roman,serif">k1usr@k1bbs</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman,serif">To: k2usr</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman,serif">Subject: Test<br>X-JNOS-User-Port: Uplink (K1USR on port tnc1) -> Sending message</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman,serif">Hey, is this thing working?</font></div>
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<div>And 2.wrk contains:</div>
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<div><font face="times new roman,serif">k1bbs</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman,serif">k1usr@k1bbs</font></div>
<div><font face="times new roman,serif">k2usr</font></div>
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<div>The writeup in Chapter 18 of the NOSIntro book makes local forwarding seem simple enough: </div>
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<div>"The [NOS] mailer ... places the message in the outgoing mail queue, in directory <i>/spool/mqueue</i>, 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."</div>
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<div dir="ltr">However, that's where the trouble starts on my system, which I'm initially trying to make work as a local mail-drop accessible <em>only</em> via AX.25 and the local "bbs" command. Whenever the SMTP client (or is it the server?) runs, it complains: "** smtp: Unknown address k1bbs".</div>
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<div dir="ltr">How do I get smtp to understand that "k1bbs" is the local host? I tried putting the line:</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman,serif">127.0.0.1 IN A k1bbs</font> </div>
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<div dir="ltr">into domain.txt, but that just looks wrong, and besides, it doesn't solve the problem.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">What's the magical incantation needed to get this working?</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks,</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Michael KI6TYV</div>
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