Hi. I thought I'd just refresh people about how to update nodenames on
their machines with the latest information in the most simple way for
different OSes.
The basic information can be read at http://mim.stupi.net/hecdb.htm.
Note that there are specific files in the appropriate form already
prepared for most any OS, so you do not need to grab
MIM::HECNET:NODENAMES.DAT and do a bunch of parsing and processing
yourself. Doing that is just making something simple more complicated on
your side.
If you have need for other formats of the data, or spot something that
could be made smarter/better, just let me know and we can work together
to get whatever is needed.
The different files mentioned in http://mim.stupi.net/hecdb.htm are all
automatically generated whenever any change to the nodename database are
done. The actual database is in Datatrieve-11, and then I have a
makefile under RSX to generate all the different files. Doing changes to
the content of a file, or adding new files with other content/formats
are very easy for me.
Also, the mailing out to people with a notice when the database change
are also automated, and if anyone wants to be notified when the database
change, just let me know.
However, at this time, there are some issues with delivering mails to
users of gmail. Google is not accepting mails from Mim, because SPF and
DKIM is not setup for Mim. I should ping Peter about this, but until
that is resolved, be aware that mails from Mim to gmail might not get
though.
Johnny
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