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Re: PATCH: transport maps work for local users and full addresses

Andrew McNamara (andrewmconnect.com.au)
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:13:06 +1100

>> here's an idea: 3 fields separated by colon instead of 2, where an
>> empty entry means use default:
>
>Unless nexthop goes last, that would break host:port syntax, which
>I use for testing.

As do I, and it's a really cute feature.

>Another possibility is to actually name the
>objects on the right-hand side, but the clutter would be horrible.

The clutter will be horrible anyway - possibly an argument against
putting more functionality into the transports table. Dunno.

>> does this scheme make the transport table a superset of the
>> functionality defined in virtual maps?
>
>It's getting there. One difference is that virtual maps can have
>multiple addresses on the right-hand side, but I doubt if anyone
>uses that. As the local delivery agent shows, it is painful when
>multiple deliveries share one queue file status record.

We use it as a core part of the functionality of our dialup mail server
(which doesn't have alias functionality at all). Out of the 22000
entries in the virtual file, there's about 200 with two or more
addresses on the rhs - not a big number, but significant enough.

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Andrew McNamara (System Architect)

connect.com.au Pty Ltd
Lvl 3, 213 Miller St, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia
Phone: +61 2 9409 2117, Fax: +61 2 9409 2111

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