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