Staffan_Johansson_QZ-DK@QZCOM.MAILNET (01/31/86)
Anybody out there that can give advice on how to give users on a DECnet access to BITNET? Given a situation with a rather large DECnet and an IBM/BITNET node to connect to. The DECnet consisting of various machines (PDP, VAX, Dec-10/20) and operating systems (RSX, RT, VMS, ULTRIX, UNIX, Tops-10, TOPS-20). And with users on most of the machines that want to get access to BITNET. How achieve this in an efficient way? Know about UREP and JNET RSCS-emulation software. Suppose one runs JNET on a VAX and connects it to the IBM-node. What about the users on the other machines? Give each one an account on this VAX, or run JNET on several VAXes in the DECnet? Or is there any gatewaying software that can function together with, say JNET, and distribute mail and files from BITNET to the various DECnet-nodes? Any comments appreciated. Thanks in advance. Staffan_Johansson_QZ-DK%QZCOM.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA Please answer to my personal mailbox.
info-vax@ucbvax.UUCP (02/06/86)
> Know about UREP and >JNET RSCS-emulation software. Suppose one runs JNET on a >VAX and connects it to the IBM-node. What about the users >on the other machines? Give each one an account on this >VAX, or run JNET on several VAXes in the DECnet? Or is there >any gatewaying software that can function together with, say >JNET, and distribute mail and files from BITNET to the various >DECnet-nodes? It seems to me that I read somewhere that VMS MAIL handles foreign protocols even across DECnet nodes. FOr instance, to mail via JNET one normally types somthing like this MAIL> SEND To: JNET%"DPVC@UORDBV" If the JNET software is running on another VAX, however, you could use someting like this: MAIL> SEND To: UORDB2::JNET%"DPVC@UORDBV" This would send the mail to UORDB2 for processing by the JNET software on that node. As I recall, one of the system programmers here at the University of Rochester tested this out, and it worked. I'm not sure how return mail is handled, but I think it might work as well. This probably won't help your non-VMS nodes, but I think it can be used to tie your VMS systems to BITNET. We have been using JNET for over a year now, and it seems to work well under most circumstances. Version 2.0 is much improved, and even includes a user's manual (I beleive that's a first for them). Good luck! DPVC