Subj : Re: Routing problems
To   : Marc Weinmann
From : Michael Grant
Date : Fri Feb 23 2001 01:26 pm

MW> I have a strange problem I can't seem to overcome..
MW> Squish-routing - using binkley outbound.
MW> I'm 1:264/235
MW> I have a bbs<>internet gateway for email/usenet at a point: 1:264/235.1
MW> My uplink is 1:10/345
MW> I route my netmail thru my uplink.
MW> When I do these routing commands:
MW> Send normal noarc 1:264/235.1
MW> Send normal 1:10/345
MW> route normal 1:10/345 1:all 2:all 3:all 4:all 5:all 6:all
MW> the point mail gets routed to 1:10/345.
MW> Why? is there a problem in my route/squish configs, or is this a failing i
MW> squish?

I think you need to have "Route normal 1:264/235.1" in there as well. "Send"
just tells Squish what flavor to put on the packets. (From the SQUISH.DOC 
file):

       The Send Command

       The most basic form of routing is the 'Send' command.  This
       command instructs Squish to compress mail for the specified
       nodes, and to give the resulting mail a flavour.  The Send
       command does NOT perform any readdressing; it simply modifies the
       flavour and compression of the mail, without changing that mail's
       destination.

"Route" is the important keyword...

       The Route Command

       The Route command is similar to the Send command; however, Route
       can be used to change the destination address of mail (otherwise
       known as routing that mail), whereas Send only sends mail
       directly to its destination. The Route command is normally NOT
       required for systems using the ArcmailAttach keyword.  If you are
       running an ArcmailAttach mailer, most messages will be routed on-
       the-fly, so you can safely skip this section.

Because you had no "Route" statement for the point address, yet a "Route" 
statement for /all/ Zone 1 mail, Squish was doing exactly what you were telling 
it to do. If Squish first finds a "Route" statement for the point address, it 
will *not*, then, route the mail for that number to your default uplink.

Note also that it's also very important for the point number's Route statement 
to come /before/ the statement for all the rest of the zones in the Route.cfg 
file, as Squish reads the config from the top line down.

As well, if it's bound for an internet gateway, shouldn't it be routed as Hold?
Or do you not use a dial-up mailer at all?

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