regarding:
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Date:         Wed, 29 Oct 86 15:49:23 EDT
From:         Jeffrey R Kell <JEFF@UTCVM>
 
The BSMTP envelope works *unless* the mailing will be subsequently
forwarded to another mailer without a defined BSMTP 3 exit, in which
case it will *not* work.  The BSMTP will directly process any included
text by the RCPT TO: tags in the envelope, but if one of the recipients
is on another machine with a MAILER BITNET 2 exit, for example, the text
inside the envelope is forwarded to the other mailer without BSMTP, and
there is consequently improper RFC822 for the next mailer to deliver the
file (ie, the recipient must be in the RFC header).
 
If you try BSMTP then insure that all receiving mailers are talking to
each other with BSMTP.
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This is a problem that I've complained about for a long time... one solution
is (of course) to get everyone who has a mailer to user BSMTP. A second sol'n
(and I've actually done this at times) is to go through you mailer profile
after you've constructed it using MG and xedit all the BITNET exits to
DEFRT exits... ie. force your mailer to punch directly to the user. This is
adequate for all but those gateways who want the BITNET protocol.
 
Maybe Allen will have another Xmas present this year that will convince all
people to use BSMTP. The old BITNET protocol was a very big mistake.
 
 
 
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