From:	RTPUX1::RTPUX1::"MCNC!DECWRL.DEC.COM!SIMPACT!JEH@RTPARK.GE.COM"  8-JUL-1989 07:42
To:	vmsnet@falcon.ge.com
Subj:	Re: Forcing an address

Bob Hassinger asks...
> Right now, even if I give an explicit address like frog!postmaster the message
> gets routed by the mailer all the way around via another neighbor (ccavax).
> In fact this is the routing that is currently in PATHS. for frog.
>  
> Currently frog is in my SYSTEMS. and I have tried adding it to my u.lmrc map
> data (and remaking PATHS.) but to avoid routing mail other mail via frog
> automatically, I set frog to WEEKLY vs the DEMAND and DIRECT I have for my
> other two neighbors.  As a result PATHS. did not change and messages addressed
> to frog still seem to be routed to them via ccavax.
>  
>  How can I test this new connection without risking having other mail I send
>  routed through them?
>  
 
Pathalias supports the notion of "terminal links".  If you put angle brackets
around frog's name in your map entry, pathalias will not use frog as a way
to get to anyplace else, but will happily generate routes where frog is the
"end node" (to borrow DECnet terminology).  Your u.lmrc file might then look
like
 
lmrc	<frog>(DIRECT), ...
 
I tried this a while back and unless someone broke it in the meantime, it
should still work.  
 
	--- Jamie