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<TITLE>The paths database</TITLE>
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<A HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR>
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<B> Next:</B> <A HREF="node210.html">Delivering Messages to Local </A>
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<B>Up:</B> <A HREF="node208.html">Routing Messages</A>
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<B> Previous:</B> <A HREF="node208.html">Routing Messages</A>
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<H2><A NAME="SECTION0016710000">The paths database</A></H2>
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<A NAME="smailpathalias"></A>
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smail expects to find the pathalias database in the paths
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file below /usr/lib/smail. This file is optional, so if you don't want to
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perform any pathalias routing at all, simply remove any existing
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paths file.
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<P>
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paths must be a sorted ASCII file that contains entries which map
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destination site names to UUCP bang paths. The file has to be sorted
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because smail uses a binary search for looking up a site.
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Comments are not allowed in this file, and the site name must be
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separated from the path using a TAB. Pathalias databases are discussed
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in somewhat greater detail in chapter-<A HREF="node186.html#mail"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="cross_ref_motif.gif"></A>.
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If you generate this file by hand, you should make sure to include all
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legal names for a site. For example, if a site is known by both a plain
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UUCP name and a fully qualified domain name, you have to add an entry
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for each of them. The file can be sorted by piping it through the
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sort(1) command.
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If your site is only a leaf site, however, then no paths
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file should be necessary at all: just set up the smart host
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attributes in your config file, and leave all routing to
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your mail feed.
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<P><ADDRESS>
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<I>Andrew Anderson <BR>
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Thu Mar 7 23:22:06 EST 1996</I>
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