russ@psych.toronto.edu (Russell Sutherland Dean's Office) (04/07/91)
I am looking for a list of POP2 E-mail software packages
(commercial or otherwise) that will operate using
the packet driver interface operate on PC's (or compatable
with BWNFS).
Nothing fancy, just the ability to send and receive DOS
text files as well as the usual keyboard compose as
you go mode. The user interface need not be that flashy.
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Faculty of Arts and Science Internet: russ@artsci.utoronto.cadzoey@TERMINUS.UMD.EDU (04/08/91)
> I am looking for a list of POP2 E-mail software packages > (commercial or otherwise) that will operate using > the packet driver interface operate on PC's (or compatable > with BWNFS). Take a look at popmail from U of Minnesota (boombox.micro.umn.edu:pub/Popmail) It uses the packet driver interface for the PC and is also available for the Macintosh as well. It may not run with BWNFS though since packet driver does not support multiple instances of the same protocol (in this case TCP/IP). It will run as long as another TCP/IP program is not loaded (e.g. You can run telnet and then popmail, but not NFS and popmail because the NFS stays loaded while popmail runs. Telnet unloads when it's finished.) Joe Herman U. of Maryland dzoey@terminus.umd.edu
rich@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Rich Warwick) (04/09/91)
In article <9104081647.AA20557@terminus.umd.edu> dzoey@TERMINUS.UMD.EDU writes: > >> I am looking for a list of POP2 E-mail software packages >> (commercial or otherwise) that will operate using >> the packet driver interface operate on PC's (or compatable >> with BWNFS). > >Take a look at popmail from U of Minnesota >(boombox.micro.umn.edu:pub/Popmail) It uses the packet driver >interface for the PC and is also available for the Macintosh as well. >It may not run with BWNFS though since packet driver does not support >multiple instances of the same protocol (in this case TCP/IP). It >will run as long as another TCP/IP program is not loaded (e.g. You >can run telnet and then popmail, but not NFS and popmail because the >NFS stays loaded while popmail runs. Telnet unloads when it's >finished.) The G1EMM version of ka9q/NOS has both a POP2 server *and* client. It does run over packet drivers, *and* Telnet, FTP, finger, a modified traceroute and SMTP are all available through the same interface (hence only one TCP/IP stack). NFS probably will *not* run, for the same reasons stated above. One nice thing though, Sources are available as well as executables. There is also a BOOTP client/server available. G1EMM is avalable for anonymous FTP from: Thumper.BELLCORE.Com:/pub/ka9q/g1emm/kh113016.exe (executable) Thumper.BELLCORE.Com:/pub/ka9q/g1emm/kh113016.zip (sources) The BOOTP Stuff is available from: Thumper.bellcore.com:/pub/ka9q/incoming/bootp.tar (sources only) (unless Phil Karn has moved it from the ~/incoming directory) (in which case, check /pub/ka9q/*) Hope this helps, Rich -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Richard Warwick Internet: rich@b62707.student.CWRU.Edu Case Western Reserve U. o o rich@SCL.CWRU.Edu Cleveland (YUCK!!!!), OH - rmw3@po.CWRU.Edu
syeh@ICS.UCI.EDU (Shannon Yeh) (04/13/91)
In article <1991Apr7.034624.6153@psych.toronto.edu> you write: >I am looking for a list of POP2 E-mail software packages >(commercial or otherwise) that will operate using >the packet driver interface operate on PC's (or compatable >with BWNFS). ----------------------information starts here-------------------- Netix Communications, Inc. is announcing a mail message handling system for PCs. The current release is Ver 1.1. 1. Security Since the operating systems for PCs usually do not provide a mechanism for user authentication, several locks have been included in Netix Mail Handler for message submission, retrieval and checking through using the following protocols: - Message Posting Protocol (MPP RFC1204) (for submission authentication) - Post Office Protocol (POP3 RFC937) (for retrieval authentication) - Message Checking Protocol (MCP Netix proprietary protocol) (for message checking) User has to correctly enter its password for submitting/retrieving messages. 2. Backgroung Mailbox Checking (for PC!!) Since PC machines usually do not support mulitasking environment, Netix Mail Handler provides a TSR message ckecking program for users to check their mailbox status in background mode. 3. Full power of Message Handling Netix Mail Handler provides the following message handling functionalities: - message composing (with option to choose the editor) - message redistribution - message forwarding - message replying-to - message incorporating (from mailbox or named file) - message submission - message displaying (with nice screen control) - message packing/unpacking - message scaning (with nice screen control) - message selection (by date or text-string constrainsts) - message sorting - message annotation - message refiling (to named folder) - message deletion - message queuing (store the out-going mail in a submit queue) - mail alias resolution - system-level alias addressing - folder creation - folder switching - folder deletion - folder information query All the file/directory management mechanisms are directly used for message and folder handling. 4. Configurability User can configure the following system options: - frequency of automatic message checking - editor - ethernet interface - modem interface - IP address of domain name server - hostname of MPP server - hostname of POP3 server - hostname of MCP server - hostname of SMTP server - IP address of router/gateway - port number (for MPP, MCP, POP3) 5. Reachability The entire design of Netix Mail Handler fully complies with RFC 822. As long as the mailbox names in the message header are valid RFC 822 addresses, and user's network is well interconnected with Internet, the message will be able to reach anywhere as directed by its sender. 6. Library The lower level protocols (TCP, IP and interface drivers) were modifiedf based on the CMU and MIT PC/IP libraries. 7. Operation mode The Netix Mail Handler provides users with three types interface mode: - menu driven (various sub-systems will be generated once user initiates the IMAIL main program) - visual mail handleing system (an interactive window based working environment which can accept single-character commands) - separate commands with variety of command line options 8. Hardware supported Netix Mail Handler currently - supports MPP on Sun-3, Sun-4, SPARC (with SunOS 4.0 or higher) and PC (DOS 3.0 or higher) platforms; - supports MCP on Sun3, Sun4, SPARC (with SunOS 4.0 or higher); - supports Mail Handler on PC (DOS 3.0 or higher) platforms; - supports 3Com, Western Digital and SLIP network interface. 9. Purchasing and Price Information Part Number Product Name Price NMS1001 Netix Mail Handler $550.00 NMS1002 Netix MPP (DOS Version) $180.00 ** NMS1003 Netix MPP (Unix Version) $300.00 ** NMS1004 Netix MCP (Client) $250.00 && NMS1005 Netix MCP (Server for Unix) $250.00 ** && NMS1006 Netix SMTP (Server for DOS) $120.00 && NMS1007 Netix Mail Documentation Set $150.00 ** ONE server module can provide service for FIVE client modules. && optional End Users are eligible for a volume discount of 10% at quantity 10 of client modules (i.e. 2 sever modules) and 20% at quantity 30 of client modules (i.e. 6 server modules). A signed End User Agreement is required for all end users. 9. Misc The size of the entire package is a little bit higher than 2-Mega. In the next release, a news reader program (for contacting NNTP server) will be available in the next release. For more information or purchasing requests, contact: - email: info@netix.com - phone: (714) 727-9335 - FAX: (714) 727-3922 - US Mail Netix Communications, Inc. 15375 Barranca Parkway, A-215 Irvine, California 92718 Shannon Yeh -----------