alg@btnix.axion.bt.co.uk (Andy Gray) (04/21/87)
--- /\oo/\ --- Many people may have broached this subject already, but here goes .... Is there any reasonably reliable method of transferring mail that is in UNIX format to a VMS system that is running VMS mail and/or All-In-One mail and vice versa, apart from the obvious suggestion that all the various parties standardise on a single mail system. As an extra, I would like to know the format of the VMS envelope I would appreciate replies via E-Mail or via the pages of this hallowed organ if useful to the masses. Thanks Andy Gray
dave@garfield.UUCP (05/04/87)
In article <257@btnix.axion.bt.co.uk> alg@btnix.axion.bt.co.uk (Andy Gray) writes: | Is there any reasonably reliable method of transferring mail that is in UNIX | format to a VMS system that is running VMS mail and/or All-In-One mail and | vice versa, apart from the obvious suggestion that all the various parties | standardise on a single mail system. Try looking on the 1985 DECUS symposium tape. They have a nice SMTP system that will send messages between a UNIX and VMS site over a serial line or ethernet. I can dredge up more details for you if you need them, since I don't happen to have them handy at this moment. | As an extra, I would like to know the format of the VMS envelope In the mailer negotionations, the only things that don't get sent as pure (uninterpeted) text are the SENDER and the ADDRESSEEs. I can give you a better decription of this protocol if you really need it since (I think) it is in the public domain. HOWEVER, VMS 5.x is changing the mail protocols so this probably won't be much use to you. | Andy Gray Feel free to mail me for details. dave -- UUCP: {utcsri,ihnp4,allegra,philabs}!garfield!dave CDNNET: David Janes <dave@garfield.mun.cdn> BITNET: dave@mun
dww@stl.UUCP (05/15/87)
In article <3625@garfield.UUCP> dave@garfield.UUCP (David Janes) writes: > .... HOWEVER, VMS 5.x is changing the mail protocols ... Is this true? We use a version of Kevin Carruso's mail server interface for various purposes, and although I know that we cannot expect DEC to guarantee to continue an undocumented interface unchanged, I hope we don't really have to replace that mail interface. If we have to, would someone from DEC (or otherwise 'in the know') please tell us what the new interface is so that we can be ready when VMS 5 comes out. Otherwise we will not be able to use VMS 5! Thanks. -- Regards, David Wright STL, London Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, U.K. dww@stl.stc.co.uk <or> ...seismo!mcvax!ukc!stl!dww <or> PSI%234237100122::DWW
kvc@scgvaxd.UUCP (Kevin Carosso) (05/19/87)
In article <542@acer.stl.stc.co.uk> dww@stl.UUCP (David Wright) writes: >In article <3625@garfield.UUCP> dave@garfield.UUCP (David Janes) writes: >> .... HOWEVER, VMS 5.x is changing the mail protocols ... > >Is this true? We use a version of Kevin Carruso's mail server interface >for various purposes, and although I know that we cannot expect DEC to >guarantee to continue an undocumented interface unchanged, I hope we don't >really have to replace that mail interface. Since the VMS MAIL foreign protocol mechanism is currently undocumented and unsupported, there is certainly no guarantee that Digital will continue to provide the interface with VMS V5. However, the current mechanism is used quite extensively by many things, including several DEC products. I have been following VMS V5 developments as best I can (DEC will not talk much "on the record" about future development efforts). My sources indicate that there is some hope for a documented callable interface to MAIL. If that does not come about, then the thing should remain about the same as it is now. In summary it appears that things will either remain the same or change for the better. If someone has a firm basis for believing that "VMS 5.x is changing the mail protocols ..." then I'd be extremely interested in any followup information. You can bet that I've got an intense interest in tracking the thing, whatever happens. I'll provide information or an updated interface if necessary and if it remains at all possible. /Kevin Carosso kvc%engvax@oberon.usc.edu Hughes Aircraft Co. scgvaxd!engvax!kvc