| Title: | DEC TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS |
| Notice: | Note 2-SSB Kits, 3-FT Kits, 4-Patch Info, 7-QAR System |
| Moderator: | ucxaxp.ucx.lkg.dec.com::TIBBERT |
| Created: | Thu Nov 17 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5568 |
| Total number of notes: | 21492 |
Hi,
I'm trying to do the following thing :-
1. Run tcp/ip services to the local network on ethernet.
2. Connect to an Internet provider via UCX/SLIP and a Terminal Server and
transfer all mail, that is not destined for the host node, sent to the
internet via the UCX/SLIP connection.
We've written a program that automatically dials up and connects to the
slip line.
Questions:
1. How do I know that smtp mail is sent to the SLIP line and not stuck
trying to find a path somewhere ?
2. How does the system differentiate between local mail and external
mail ?
3. Do we need to configure something in MX ?
4. The SMTP mail queues give the Ethernet host name, not the SLIP host
name, do we need to define seperate SMTP queues for the SLIP
interface ?
Thanks for your help,
Alex
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5291.1 | It is not necessary to do anything | TAMIR::LANDSBERG | Internets success will also be its downfall | Tue Mar 11 1997 11:54 | 20 |
Since noone answered, I'll answer my own questions.
There is no need to do anything. Once I've setup the default gateway to
the router on the other side of the slip line, then local mail stays on
the local host and all other mail goes to the mail server on the other
side of the slip line.
So this is what I have :-
1. A procedure dialing every few hours via a modem connected to a
DECserver 200.
2. The procedure then establishes a UCX SLIP line
3. SMTP is activated and the queue is checked to see if it is busy.
4. Once the queue is not active for several minutes, SMTP is halted,
the SLIP line is deassigned and the procedure disconnects the modem.
Alex
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