From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 16 14:06:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA07148 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 14:06:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (root@mexico.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.253]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA07137 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 14:06:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA16357 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 23:04:42 +0200 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.6.12) with UUCP id XAA24573 for hackers@freebsd.org; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 23:04:13 +0200 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.5/keltia-uucp-2.9) id WAA17924; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 22:52:12 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19970416225211.06772@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 22:52:11 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mail exploders... References: <199704161222.OAA02421@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.67 In-Reply-To: <199704161222.OAA02421@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Wed, Apr 16, 1997 at 02:22:46PM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#3195 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Luigi Rizzo: > So I am wondering how are the mail exploders chosen for a given site, > and if there is a possibility for a subscriber to select one which is > closer (networkwise) and/or better connected to his site. They're not really exploders but just sites that gets all domain for a given TLD. For example, mail-relay.fr.freebsd.org gets all mail for .fr (and two or three others I know are in France) through a mailertable entry on freefall. That way, there is nothing to set up on the exploders themselves. Real exploders would take a more complicated system with local majordomos and you would subscribe to the "regional" hubs instead of freefall. It could be done but it was found at the time that the current system worked well enough. I suppose mail-relay.fr.freebsd.org could take all .it traffic if needs be. Please verify with traceroute and tell root@freefall.freebsd.org to change the entry for .it (or add it) if you think it worthwhile. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #41: Sun Mar 23 23:01:22 CET 1997