/usr/lib/smail/maps - the UUCP map database directory
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Copyright (c) 1993 Ian Kluft
Linux smail binary distribution
Distribution permitted under the GNU Public License revision 2 or later

Modifications in this directory are optional.  You may want to skip this
directory if:
* you have a small site with only a few UUCP contacts and a UUCP
  smart_host with a good pathalias database, or
* all your outside contacts are TCP/IP

However, if your site is keeping e-mail routing tables for UUCP
traffic, you can use the contents of maps directories in the samples
directory (/usr/lib/smail/samples) to help get this set up for the
proper size of your site.  There are many possibilities so browse
through all the samples to find which one fits you best.  Mix and
match if necessary.

the force.path file
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The force.path file in this directory is a routing brute-force file.
As defined in the routers configuration file, it is in "bsearch" format,
meaning that it MUST always be sorted by destination.  (That is why it
cannot contain any comments to tell you this.)

--sample force.path entries---------------------------------------------------
.kluft.com	amdahl.com!kluft.com!%s
kluft.com	amdahl.com!kluft.com!%s
--end sample------------------------------------------------------------------

Explanation: "%s" is where the rest of the mail address will go.  ".kluft.com"
means "anything in the kluft.com domain".  That will be routed through
amdahl.com which will send it on to its destination.  "kluft.com" will only
match the exact name of the domain, and will also send messages to amdahl.com
for delivery to kluft.com.  Note: any Internet site should do this
automatically based on kluft.com's MX records.

Force path entries are effectively kludges in your mail routing scheme, but
they make it possible to route to some hosts when nothing else gets through.
Use them sparingly and remove them when no longer needed.  

See the smail(5) manpage for full details on both pathalias files and bsearch
format.
