louis@aerospace.aero.org (Louis M. McDonald) (02/02/90)
I know this may have been discussed in one form or another, but I would like to bring it up again. Many MacMail to SMTP interfaces have been through Quickmail or some other product. I would be interested in hearing about efforts (maybe there is only one or none) to make real UNIX mail and real SENDMAIL work on a Macintosh network. My point of view is that not everyone wants/can afford these commercial systems. It would be nice if /usr/ucb/mail was rehosted to the Macintosh (with a mac like interface) and sendmail so that real RULES could be used. I know this may be easier said than done, but I thought I would bring it up. -- Louis McDonald Internet: louis@aerospace.aero.org The Aerospace Corporation 213-336-8914
amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) (02/03/90)
In article <65967@aerospace.AERO.ORG>, louis@aerospace.aero.org (Louis M. McDonald) writes: > Many MacMail to SMTP interfaces have been through Quickmail or some > other product. I would be interested in hearing about efforts (maybe > there is only one or none) to make real UNIX mail and real SENDMAIL > work on a Macintosh network. The closest I know of are some efforts (by our company among others) that allow a Mac to be a parasite of a UNIX mail host. In short, you get real live Internet mail on you Mac, but it depends on a smart host (usually running sendmail or MMDF) to actually do the routing. Mail retrieval is usually done with POP, since doing SMTP all the way to a Mac has some problems (Macs tend to be turned off a lot more than your average mail hub, for example :-)). If one were to do a full internet mail package on a Mac, one would probably pick something a little easier to configure than sendmail, too... :-). -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation "Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly upon our own point of view." --Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Return of the Jedi"
randy@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Randy Moore) (02/05/90)
We have just finished a package that talks to Unix machines using the POP protocol for sending/receiving E-mail. The Package was developed for NASA and is free to anyone, providing no portion of the package is resold. If you would like more information send me E-Mail. R- ===================================================================== Randy Moore Sterling Software Internet: randy@trident.arc.nasa.gov
unhd (Thomas J. Baker) (02/08/90)
In article <42156@ames.arc.nasa.gov> randy@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Randy Moore) writes: >We have just finished a package that talks to Unix machines >using the POP protocol for sending/receiving E-mail. The Package >was developed for NASA and is free to anyone, providing no >portion of the package is resold. If you would like more information >send me E-Mail. > >R- >===================================================================== >Randy Moore >Sterling Software >Internet: randy@trident.arc.nasa.gov I would like more information but am unable to mail directly to an Internet address. Thanks in advance. _______________________________________________________________________________ BITNET: T_BAKER@UNHH.Bitnet UUNET: unhd!tjb Voice: (603) 862-4490 _______________________________________________________________________________ -- BITNET: T_BAKER@UNHH.Bitnet UUNET: unhd!tjb Voice: (603) 862-4490 _______________________________________________________________________________