rak@lancia.UUCP (RA Karhuse) (02/01/89)
I'm looking for a way to exchange e-mail between a UNIX System V machine and a DEC uVAX-II running VMS. I'm interrested in both public domain software and products that might be available. I have/can get X.400 mailers on both systems, but the MTA (Mail Transport Agent) appears to be a problem (i.e. UNIX has UUCP and DEC has DECNet). The UNIX host(s) is many miles away from the VMS host, so I can't use TWG TCP/IP as my MTA. I've looked at getting a uVAX running Ultrix to be a mail gateway, but it will cost >> $30K! This seems to be a little expensive for what I want to do. I can easily get a dial-up connection between the 2 points at either 1200 or 2400 baud. X.25 has been suggested as a possible candidate. Has anybody gotten this to work? Mucho Thnkx! Richard A. Karhuse rak@garage.att.com (201) 580-9039
P6091%COM.QZ.SE@NORUNIX.BITNET (02/14/89)
>X-Bitnet-Sender: "Eugen A. Blau" <P6091@COM.QZ.SE>
Dear Richard.
As far as I can see, your problem is not too difficult to solve.
I can comment
on the uVAX aspects under VMS only. To run X.25 on a uVAX, you
only have to do
two things:
you need the PSI - Software
you need a KMV11A interface or something similar.
both products are DEC-supported. The MHS software that is compatible
with that
kind of X.25 Interface is if you belong to the academic community:
EAN - available from UBC-Canada
or if you are an industrial user:
Messenger 400 - available from SYDNEY Dataproducts, Vancouver-Canada
Message Router - DEC-Product.
With the listed Products it should be easy to solve your Problems,
and to
achieve the desired results with less than $30k.
Eugen A. Blau
blau@ife.ethz.ch
Tel.:+41-1-341 57 22