[comp.mail.misc] setting up mail from scratch. What/How?

jeff@unh.UUCP (Jeffrey E. F. Friedl) (02/14/89)

    In a month or so (whenever my visa comes through) I'm moving to
Japan to a company that has no external e-mail capability.  From what I
hear, their internal e-mail isn't hot either.  I've been requested to
set up internal/external mail, and possibly news (if I can get my way
[(-:]).

    I (think I) am  a reasonably competent C/UNIX person.  However, I
haven't the slightest idea on what software to bring, etc.  Where can I
get a PD mailer?  Where do I get the news software?  How do I set up
external mail (a good book reference would be appreciated here)?  What
system do I use (UUCP, CSNET, etc? -- are they the same?  I don't mind
modifying a running kernel, but I don't know /bin/mail from
/lib/sendmail...).

The system: I've been told to expect
    "vanilla System V with sockets, job control and pseudo-tty's."

Any/All info is/will be appreciated.
	*jeff*

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Hey Steve, did I tell you? I got the job. (-: