jon@chiron.UUCP (Jon L. Griffeth) (07/05/88)
1. I'm looking for software to provide a mail gateway between a UNIX system and IBM's PROFS. The software would preferrably run under UNIX. Does anyone know of such a system? 2. I'm also developing a mail system between numerous PC's and a central UNIX host. I've heard about a mail server called 'POPS'. Does anyone know where I can get information concerning this? Thanks in advance, Jon =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jon L. Griffeth jon@chiron.UUCP =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
ge@hobbit.sci.kun.nl (Ge' Weijers) (07/07/88)
In article <129@chiron.UUCP>, jon@chiron.UUCP (Jon L. Griffeth) writes: > 2. I'm also developing a mail system between numerous PC's and a central > UNIX host. I've heard about a mail server called 'POPS'. Does anyone > know where I can get information concerning this? POP stands for Post Office Protocol and is a protocol from the Arpa suite. It is included with the MH mail system. It enables a host on an ethernet (although a special login could probably be used too) to download mail from a host with the POP server. -- Ge' Weijers, Informatics dept., Nijmegen University, the Netherlands UUCP: {uunet!,}mcvax!kunivv1!hobbit!ge
jon@chiron.UUCP (Jon L. Griffeth) (07/18/88)
> 1. I'm looking for software to provide a mail gateway between a UNIX system > and IBM's PROFS. The software would preferably run under UNIX. Does > anyone know of such a system? > > 2. I'm also developing a mail system between numerous PC's and a central > UNIX host. I've heard about a mail server called 'POPS'. Does anyone > know where I can get information concerning this? Thanks for all the responses. To summarize: Apparently, IBM will be releasing an X.400 interface for PROFS in the near future (I don't know what "near" means). Since X.400 interfaces are available for UNIX systems (or so I've been told) and X.400 is an international standard, this probably makes the best solution. It has also be mentioned that IBM has a TCP/IP package that supports a PROFS to SMTP interface. This certainly looks promising for the near term. Finally, DEC's Mail Bus supports a PROFS gateway. Unfortunately, it runs only under VMS. However, since it also supports a UNIX mail gateway, mail could be routed through it. Needless to say, this would only be useful if you had a VMS system sitting around. 'POP2' is defined in RFC 937 and doesn't serve my needs. I'll probably be using SMTP instead. My thanks to Chris Kern and Jon A. Tankersley for their help. Thanks again, Jon L. Griffeth jon@chiron.UUCP