[comp.unix.xenix] software for sending mail XENIX to DOS pc's

brooke@ingr.com (Brooke King) (06/20/89)

A friend has a couple of SCO XENIX AT's (a '286 and a '386). 
He'd like to send e-mail over phone lines to associates who don't
want to change from using DOS.  Is UUCP available for DOS
(stranger things have been true!)?  Are simple file transfers the
way to go?  Suggestions?
-- 

J. Brooke King
brooke@ingr.com uunet!ingr!brooke W+1 205 7727796 H+1 205 8950824

uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) (06/29/89)

As far as I know, there's uucp version for DOS, it's called UUPC, it's
floating around this network. Hope somebody who keeps it, will whow up.

Uri.

chris@zorin.UUCP (Christopher Nielsen) (07/01/89)

In article <190@arnor.UUCP>, uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) writes:
> As far as I know, there's uucp version for DOS, it's called UUPC, it's
> floating around this network. Hope somebody who keeps it, will whow up.
> 
> Uri.

Also Tim Pozar of Late Night Software 415-695-7727 has a package called
UFGATE. It is really a uucp-fido gateway, on a DOS machine. I got it to
do uucp transfers to a unix machine, and I'm in the process of evaluating
it... I can send more if you wish... It looks fairly complete, and includes
mail/news reader, and compress.

Also, Lauren Weinstein has a package called UULINK. I don't know that much
about it, but I talked to him, and he seems quite knowlegable. 

Price for UFGATE is $30 donation for personal use, $199 for commercial, 
but he can tell you the details. He will send the executable version for
the asking. UULINK is $335.


Christopher A. Nielsen
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pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar) (07/05/89)

In article <185@zorin.UUCP> chris@zorin.UUCP (Christopher Nielsen) writes:
>Also Tim Pozar of Late Night Software 415-695-7727 has a package called
>UFGATE.
>[...]
>
>Price for UFGATE is $30 donation for personal use, $199 for commercial, 
>but he can tell you the details. He will send the executable version for
>the asking. UULINK is $335.

    Actually its FREE for non-commercial, non-supported use, $35
    for supported, non-commercial use, and $195 for commercial
    sites.

	      Tim

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uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) (07/05/89)

From article <185@zorin.UUCP>, by chris@zorin.UUCP (Christopher Nielsen):
> 
> Price for UFGATE is $30 donation for personal use, $199 for commercial, 
> but he can tell you the details. He will send the executable version for
> the asking. UULINK is $335.
>              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
Well, that's exactly what I didn't mean. First - it's not for me, I just repliedto someone's asking for help. Second - UULINK for $335 doesn't look like UUPC 
for grant at all - does it? I thought I said clearly: please, those who keep
UUPC or know where it is - show up! Well, UULINK may be a good package - but
I doubt if somebody with access to both will chose that one. Anyway, thanks
for informing about one more product. Hope it will be helpful for somebody
(I mean somebody who either hates PD Software, or has extra $335 and doesn't
want to send it to me just for fun, or needs something which is not provided
in UUPC, but is implemented in UULINK).

Regards,

Uri.

daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond) (07/07/89)

In article <208@arnor.UUCP> uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) writes:
>[.........................] I thought I said clearly: please, those who keep
>UUPC or know where it is - show up!

UUPC [and a great many more pd packages] can be downloaded from marob,
by logging in with the 'xbbs' username.  The dialup number is (212) 675-7059,
for 2400/1200 baud connections.

I believe a 9600 baud line is available -- you can inquire with the
system administrator, Bob Clifford (clifford@marob.masa.com).

--
Dave Hammond
daveh@marob.masa.com

det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) (07/07/89)

In article <190@arnor.UUCP>, uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) writes:
> As far as I know, there's uucp version for DOS, it's called UUPC, it's
> floating around this network. Hope somebody who keeps it, will whow up.

Yes, indeed, there is a hacked up version of UUPC (called PCmail) that is
floating around on the network.  Our group has a working version of PCmail that
is available for download, etc, from the server on nimbus.elric.Sp.Unisys.COM.

The best thing to do is to boot strap yourself by sending the mail message:

send help to <your domain address>

to:	pcmail-request@nimbus.elric.Sp.Unisys.COM

This will send a file of help explaining how to get other things from the
archive server.

There is a set of 4 floppies somewhere in the archive that comprises the
installation floppies and its been hacked up into several pieces.

Look for readme files that have been sparingly scattered throughout the
archive.

PLEASE NOTE!!!!!  This server is actually a smallish PC (20M disk) running
PCmail and dos, so DON'T flood the poor thing with requests!!!!!!  If you do I
will arbitrarily kill off randomly selected uucp jobs so that i will be able to
get my job done.....  (:-(
If you want, for example, the entire set of 4 installation floppies, please
request only a few chunks a day.

Source code is also available.  Note also that this software is still actively
evolving, so if you get a non-working or working binary now, you may be able to
check back in a month or two or three and discover a better version has been 
installed in the archive.

derek
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chris@zorin.UUCP (Christopher Nielsen) (07/10/89)

Well, I know UULINK at $335 is much, but it includes some kind of cron, and
other stuff. I don't have the flyer in front of me.., so yes, it may have
stuff not supported in other packages, or work better... For those of you 
that wanted more info, here's where to find out more (my replies bounced)..


	Lauren Weinstein (author of UULINK)
	Vortex Technology
	PO Box 1323 
	Topanga, CA 90290-1323
	213-455-9300

J. Brooke King asked 'what's a fido'... Well I don't know much about it, 
but it is something similar to usenet, but much smaller scale.. I think it
comes out of bbs systems.

Christopher A. Nielsen
//////////////////            Zorin Data Systems, Inc
           ////      P.O. Box 5669 Santa Monica, CA 90405-0669  
        ////                    (213) 399-3804 x 45
     ////		     UUCP: randvax!zorin!info
  ////
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<  Zorin... "The Future OnLine"  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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chris@utgard.uucp (Chris Anderson) (07/11/89)

In article <186@zorin.UUCP> chris@zorin.UUCP (Christopher Nielsen) writes:
>
>Well, I know UULINK at $335 is much, but it includes some kind of cron, and
>other stuff. I don't have the flyer in front of me.., so yes, it may have
>stuff not supported in other packages, or work better... For those of you 

UULINK does support mail between DOS and unix systems.  Domain addressing,
aliases, uucp, etc. are all there.  My impressions of it are generally 
good (we use it for communications between a Novell network and a Unix
system).  The cron, however, was something of a disappointment to me.
Here I was expecting some neat TSR or something to keep time in the
background; all it is is a foreground program that you run. Jeez! *I*
could have done that!!! :)

All in all, it's a good package.  Well worth checking out...

Chris
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kgordon@brandx.rutgers.edu (Ken Gordon) (07/11/89)

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uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) (07/11/89)

From article <1989Jul10.151727.19523@utgard.uucp>, by chris@utgard.uucp (Chris Anderson):
> UULINK does support mail between DOS and unix systems.  Domain addressing,
> ............................ 
> All in all, it's a good package.  Well worth checking out...
>

No doubts. But I DO ADVISE to check out UUPC first - it may save you
some cash - about $335 or whatever.

Uri.

jpr@dasys1.UUCP (Jean-Pierre Radley) (07/12/89)

In article <24B392F6.433@marob.masa.com> daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond) writes:
>UUPC [and a great many more pd packages] can be downloaded from marob,
>by logging in with the 'xbbs' username.  The dialup number is (212) 675-7059,
>for 2400/1200 baud connections.

	Both DOS and Unix programs are available on marob for downloading.

>I believe a 9600 baud line is available -- you can inquire with the
>system administrator, Bob Clifford (clifford@marob.masa.com).

	The Trailblazer number is (212) 675-8438

-- 
Jean-Pierre Radley		CIS: 72160,1341		jpr@jpradley.UUCP