To view and modify the table parameters listed in this section,
start the Tables Administration Manager by
opening the Mail window as described in
``How to start a Mail manager'',
double-clicking on the MMDF_Advanced_Admin icon,
then double-clicking on the MMDF Table Admin icon.
Select Modify from the Tables menu,
then enter:
Name
A short name that can be used to describe the table
elsewhere, for example when you specify a
domain table.
File
The file from which the contents of the table are built.
Description
A comment, which can describe the purpose of the table.
Table Data
Specifies whether the table data comes from a file (specified
under ``File'' in the window), or by querying a
name server.
Lookup Options
Search other tables
specifies that MMDF should search other domain tables
for this domain. Use this option for the local domain
table so local users do not have to specify the full
domain to send mail on the local machine.
Do subdomain lookups
specifies that MMDF should search for successive
subdomains of this domain if no exact match exists.
For example, for the domain mynet.mynet.com,
search the com table for mynet;
search the root table for mynet.com
or com.
Nameservice lookup type
By domain
specifies that MMDF should query the name server
for the given address using the domain name.
By full name
specifies that MMDF should query the name server
for the fully qualified domain name to determine
the delivery address.
Nameservice Options
Abort on timeout
specifies that MMDF should not search other
domain tables if it encounters a timeout problem
when searching a name server domain table.
See also:
the description of the MTBL keyword in the
mmdftailor(F)
manual page