mitroo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Varun Mitroo) (02/22/91)
Several days ago, I had posted the following question: >I have a cube at home, and I dial in to my campus account using kermit. I >recently have begun keeping all my mail on my computer at home, and I have >done this by downloading my mbox files. Also, I can easily get any incoming >mail from my campus account by copying the /usr/spool/mail file to home. > >The problem is in sending mail from my computer at home. There is no problem >with sending text mail by cutting and pasting, but how does one send NeXTmail? >After taking a look through the man pages for sendmail, I'm still unsure how >to do it. Would I have to manually tar, compress, and uuencode the mail and >then use kermit to transfer the file, or is there an easier way? I have received several good answers from people, and I would like to summarize. One way to send NeXTmail is as follows: -I can't remember the details, but I did this by letting NeXTmail do it for me. -I composed a message in NeXTmail and sent it to myself on my NeXT. I then took -the resulting mail file and stripped the header info using my favorite editor. -I transferred this file via kermit to my remote host where I mailed it using -"mail recipient@address < NeXTmail_file". Give it a try! This is a what I'm doing now, and I can now both send and receive NeXTmail. But the best solution is to install UUCP. However, you need a remote computer with a UUCP account for this. -My solution to this problem was to install UUCP in my cube, -and then ask for a UUCP account on the public vax maintained -by my employer. Now I can compose -messages on my NeXT cube and mail them out, and receive -mail directly on my machine at home. - To do this, you need NeXT's documentation on installing -UUCP. It is freely available by ftp from the net, for -instance it is on nova.cc.purdue.edu, or, if you have -NextStep 2.0, it is part of the Networking and System -Administration guide. - Basically, you modify a bunch of files to enable uucp, -and connect to a host through your modem. The host must have -a uucp account set up for you. Using these suggestions, everybody who has a NeXT at home can now be part of the "interpersonal world". Thanks everybody for your replies. Varun Mitroo mitroo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu