matthew@uvabick.UUCP (Matthew D. Lewis) (02/10/89)
Hello! Here at the University of Amsterdam we have use 3Com networking software on both our PCs and Macs. We also have a couple of Unix boxes on the Ethernet, and a FastPath to connect the Phonenet to the Ethernet. Has anyone worked out a way to gateway 3+mail to Unix, and vica-versa? It would be really nice to still be able to use 3+mail, which our PC users are accustomed to using, and still talk to the wider world. Thanks in advance.... -- Matthew Lewis, University of Amsterdam Grote Bickersstraat 72 31-20-52 51 220 1013 KS Amsterdam UUCP: mcvax!uvabick!matthew The Netherlands BITNET: a717matt@hasara11 CIS: [73717,3711]
frankh@durin.middle_earth.COM (Frank Halsema) (02/16/89)
In article <461@uvabick.UUCP>, matthew@uvabick.UUCP (Matthew D. Lewis) writes: > Hello! Here at the University of Amsterdam we have use 3Com networking > software on both our PCs and Macs. We also have a couple of Unix boxes > on the Ethernet, and a FastPath to connect the Phonenet to the Ethernet. > > Has anyone worked out a way to gateway 3+mail to Unix, and vica-versa? It > would be really nice to still be able to use 3+mail, which our PC users > are accustomed to using, and still talk to the wider world. > > Thanks in advance.... > I have been asked to solve this too and would be interested if anyone has worked out the details * * * Frank Halsema /\* * SPARTA, Inc. / .\* 23041 de la Carlota, Suite 400 / /\.\ Laguna Hills Ca, 92653 / .\. \ (714) 768-8161 \...\ / (714) 583-9114 FAX *\.\/ / * *\ / durin!frankh *** \/
mbroadbe@gldsyd.OZ (Mark Broadbent) (02/20/89)
matthew@uvabick.UUCP (Matthew D. Lewis) and frankh@durin.middle_earth.COM
(Frank Halsema), both ask:
> > Has anyone worked out a way to gateway 3+mail to Unix, and vica-versa?
I also am looking for a solution to this problem.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) (02/23/89)
In article <20@gldsyd.OZ> mbroadbe@gldsyd.OZ (Mark Broadbent) writes: >matthew@uvabick.UUCP (Matthew D. Lewis) and frankh@durin.middle_earth.COM >(Frank Halsema), both ask: >> > Has anyone worked out a way to gateway 3+mail to Unix, and vica-versa? > >I also am looking for a solution to this problem. supposedly, 3Com has a new product which solves this problem. could someone at 3com please respond further !?!? are you out there??? hello??? -- Steve Elias (chipcom!eli@spdcc.com);((6172399406)%(6178906844)) (smile^3)
matthew@uvabick.UUCP (Matthew D. Lewis) (02/24/89)
@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> Sender: Reply-To: matthew@uvabick.UUCP (Matthew D. Lewis) Followup-To: comp.mail.misc Distribution: world Organization: University of Amsterdam, Dept. of Andragology Keywords: Hello everyone. First, I would like to aplogize for not having specified a followup to on the original article. There is one here, and I think that comp.mail.misc is a good place for this. So, I am not posting the entire article to anywhere but comp.mail.misc. Regards! -- Matthew Lewis, University of Amsterdam Grote Bickersstraat 72 31-20-52 51 220 1013 KS Amsterdam UUCP: mcvax!uvabick!matthew The Netherlands BITNET: a717matt@hasara11 CIS: [73717,3711]
doug@letni.LawNet.Com (Doug Davis) (02/24/89)
In article <20@gldsyd.OZ> mbroadbe@gldsyd.OZ (Mark Broadbent) writes: >matthew@uvabick.UUCP (Matthew D. Lewis) and frankh@durin.middle_earth.COM >(Frank Halsema), both ask: >> > Has anyone worked out a way to gateway 3+mail to Unix, and vica-versa? > >I also am looking for a solution to this problem. Okay, here is what you need, (i've done it, and I know others who have as well) the 3+MAIL application library and documentation. lots and lots of time. MSC 5.0 or better even more time. a dedicated pc to use as a mail server. Once you have screamed at 3com long enough and have "obtained" the afformentioned software, you will need to spend eons of time expermenting with the library routines since they don't work like they are documented. What you then need to write is something that will connect to a "unix" box via the port on the pc and dig up/parse the mail on that side and feed it to the 3com apps stuff. Next you will need to call the little function that gets mail for you from the 3mail server. Scan thru your mail directory move the files over to unix, parse up the files and pass them off to the unix mailer. Sorry I can't be more specific, its quite an involved project, if you have a not-so general question about the gateway send mail to the addresses below and I will try to answer it. Also, don't even consider attempting this with out a good working knowledge of C, Unix mailers, and MooseDos. Even with the above, the project is guaranteed to cause massive headaches. ;-) There are myrads of little gotchas that 3com has, like messages can't be bigger than ~ 32k, etc. Discovering all of them is great fun. (groan) Sorry, I can't provide source, cuz I left it with the company I used to work for. I checked before I wrote this and they used the hard drive that the source was on for yet another network disk to store more games on. -- Doug Davis Lawnet 1030 Pleasent Valley Lane Arlington Texas 76015 817-467-3740 { sys1.tandy.com, motown!sys1, uiucuxc!sys1, killer!texbell } letni!doug "Very soon the only people who have guns will be criminals, At that point, those righteous people who have inacted all the gun control laws will wonder, "Why do the criminals still have guns?" panic: skcus letni
ralph@ralmar.UUCP (Ralph Barker) (02/27/89)
In article <299@letni.LawNet.Com>, doug@letni.LawNet.Com (Doug Davis) writes: > In article <20@gldsyd.OZ> mbroadbe@gldsyd.OZ (Mark Broadbent) writes: > >matthew@uvabick.UUCP (Matthew D. Lewis) and frankh@durin.middle_earth.COM > >(Frank Halsema), both ask: > >> > Has anyone worked out a way to gateway 3+mail to Unix, and vica-versa? > > > >I also am looking for a solution to this problem. > Okay, here is what you need..... > (description deleted) > As an alternative, you might look into AT&T's StarMail, which I understand runs on (certain) 3Com LAN versions. Combined with their AccessPlus (on the PC) and PMX (on 3Bs) software, gateways are provided (I hear) for both "normal" UNIX mail and the ATTMAIL "cloud". I have not spoken to anyone who has it running on a 3Com LAN, but it might provide the solution you are looking for. At least in a "pure" AT&T hardware environment, the products provide a consistent user interface for both PC and terminal users, binary attachments, etc. -- Ralph Barker, RALMAR Business Systems, 640 So Winchester Blvd, San Jose,CA 95128 uucp: ...{pyramid, sun, uunet}!amdahl!unixprt!ralmar!ralph or, attmail!ralmar!ralph Voice: (408) 248-8649