On Fri, 12 Feb 1993 12:17:46 EST you said: > This might be of general interest, so I'm posting here instead of sending > e-mail back to Hong Zhang. LISTSERV uses the file DOMAIN NAMES to decide > what Bitnet/Internet gateway to use for each recipient of a mailing list > posting. Well, for completeness sake, the info in DOMAIN NAMES may be > overridden by a local exit routine too, but if all your mail is going > to an INTERBIT gateway then I don't thin that's happening. Anyway, mail > going to [log in to unmask] is routed to whatever gateway claims responsibility > for domain name "xyz.edu" or to a default gateway if no match is found. > So the answer is "change (or override) the copy of DOMAIN NAMES that > your LISTSERV uses" if you need LISTSERV to use the local SMTP server. > Having said that, let me state that I've always been of the opinion > that if a site registers an entry in DOMAIN NAMES, then it should be > honored. That is, since someone at ALBANY.EDU (the first .EDU entry > listed in DOMAIN NAMES) went to the trouble of registering their gateway, I don't think that is the case on my side. I can send my either PROFS or RICE mail to Internet directly from all userids. But my LISTSERV can ONLY send mail through BITNET. No mater it is a Internet address. My question is that I can set up LISTSERV send mail to Internet address directly or not and where I can set up on my LISTSERV service machine. My mailer doesn't treat LISTSERV as a special user. Why can't LISTSERV send mail to Internet address directly on my node? Thank you a lot for your response, John. Is there any other suggestions? > I won't override it. So, I'd suggest only overriding the entries that > route traffic to INTERBIT. That way, your local SMTP will handle all > Internet mail for domains not explicitly listed in DOMAIN NAMES. > > -jj