From amdahl.uts.amdahl.com!homebru!mcdchg!ddsw1!karl Sun Feb 12 23:34:14 1989 Sender: karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) Subject: Re: Smail 3.1 "director" entry enclosed; drives AKCS mailboxes To: tron@uts.amdahl.com (Ronald S. Karr) From: Karl@ddsw1.mcs.com, Denninger@ddsw1.mcs.com, Macro Computer Solutions Inc. <karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2dev PL61] > Could you please resend your description of the AKCS stuff. I can't > figure out where I put the message that you sent explaining what it > was all about. > AKCS is our threaded conferencing package (BBS); it contains a mailer that will interface with the standard RFC-822 Unix mailers given a little coaxing. AKCS interlinks with other sites to form a networked conferencing environment; ala "fidonet" as it were but with much more power and flexibility. The primary differences between an AKCS mailbox and a "normal" mailbox are that the method of user validation is different, and the user's mailboxes are stored in a different location (as well as under different permissions). The enclosed director entry looks up the AKCS user file location and reads through the file to determine if the user(s) presented in the address list are resolvable to AKCS users. Those that do resolve are stacked for delivery. It is recommended that this entry be placed before the "user" director resolver, and that you specify a prefix (such as "akcs.") for these entries. I can provide a copy of our directors and transports entries on request if they'd help clarify the situation any. -- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, ddsw1!karl) Data: [+1 312 566-8912], Voice: [+1 312 566-8910] Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. "Quality solutions at a fair price"
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From: karl@ddsw1.uucp (Karl Denninger)
Subject: Smail 3.1 "director" entry enclosed; drives AKCS mailboxes
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Hello there!
Find enclosed a "director" entry for smail 3.1; this director will permit
the mailing to AKCS(tm) mailboxes.
AKCS is our electronic conferencing package and contains a unix-compatible
mail interface. This "director" entry serves to validate AKCS mailbox
users.
(Btw: I'd appreciate being added to the mailing list for changes and the
like if you wouldn't mind; the address is "karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM")
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Subject: Re: Smail 3.1 "director" entry enclosed; drives AKCS mailboxes
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From: Karl@ddsw1.mcs.com, Denninger@ddsw1.mcs.com, Macro Computer Solutions Inc. <karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
In-Reply-To: <m0epdQz-00004fC@tde.uts.amdahl.com>; from "Ronald S. Karr" at Feb 12, 89 11:55 pm
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Hi there!
> >I can provide a copy of our directors and transports entries on request if
> >they'd help clarify the situation any.
>
> That would be nice. I will put anything you can contribute into the
> contrib directory, for people to use as they see fit.
Enclosed is a shar file with a short README file as well as our directors and
transports entries.
Also note that we've gotten smail3 up and running on SCO Xenix V/286 (with a
little coaxing; I built it on the '386 system but it runs on the '286).
Microport SV/AT still eludes us (I don't have perl, and their awk blows up).
--
Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, ddsw1!karl)
Data: [+1 312 566-8912], Voice: [+1 312 566-8910]
Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. "Quality solutions at a fair price"
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