randy@TRIDENT.ARC.NASA.GOV (Randy Moore) (02/08/90)
Archive-name: nasa-macpop/07-Feb-90
Original-posting-by: randy@TRIDENT.ARC.NASA.GOV (Randy Moore)
Original-subject: Re: Mail for the mac and smtp
Reposted-by: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
SUBJECT: The MacPOP and PC POP Electronic Mail Packages
The MacPOP Electronic Mail Package.
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The MacPOP Electronic Mail Package allows a user to read and send mail
from the Unix account without ever leaving the comfort of their
Macintosh environment. The package consists of the MacPOP application,
PopAlert (an INIT/CDEV that throws up a notification anytime you receive
new mail), and Launch MacPOP DA (this lets you place MacPOP anywhere on
your hard drive and launch it from the apple menu).
In addition to the abilities to send and receive mail messages, the
application provides:
- a user configurable address book
- the ability to send and receive text, BinHex, and UUEncode
enclosures along with your message
- the ability to save messages so that your favorite word
processor will be opened when you launch the message from the
Finder
The MacPOP Mail Package was developed at NASA Ames Research Center and
is available free of charge to all individuals/ organizations desiring
to use it. However, It may not be sold or bundled with any commercial
product.
Please Note: MacPOP also uses MacTCP, a commercial product distributed
by Apple Computer. This must be acquired separately from Apple.
The PC POP Electronic Mail Package.
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PC POP is an IBM (or compatible) personal computer electronic mail
client program that allows its users to send and receive electronic mail
to and from their UNIX account(s) without leaving the MS-DOS
environment.
Currently version 2.1 of PC POP operates using the Excelan ethernet
board. A version 2.1 NCSA supporting 3Com, Western Digital, Slip8250,
MICOM-Interln, IBMToken and NOVELLE boards will be released in a month
or two. Earlier versions exist for the 3Com board (3C501) and the TOPS
flashcards.
The features and functionality of PC POP came from the Berkeley Mailer,
version 5.2. Some PC POP features are:
- user interface modeled after the DECSYSTEM-2060's TOPS-20
- Mail address aliasing.
- Inclusion of ASCII files.
- Inclusion and Extraction of UUENCODE/UUDECODE, BINHEX/HEXBIN,
TEXT enclosures.
- Invoking a PC editor/word processor on the body of a new
message.
- Message Alert to inform the user when new mail has arrived.
- The ability to finger (look up) other users.
- The ability to fork (sort of) other MS-DOS programs in PC POP.
AVAILABILITY
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The MacPOP and PC POP client program and the POP server are available
free of change from NASA. However, you may *NOT* sell or reuse any part
of the package for commercial purposes. To acquire the POP Electronic
Mail Package, you must submit a written request to:
Dr. Dale R Lumb
Division Chief Code ED
NASA Ames Research Center
Mail Stop 233-17
Moffett Field, CA 94035
with a carbon copy to:
John Yin
Group Leader
NASA Ames Research Center
Mail Stop 233-18
Moffett Field, CA 94035
Technical Information:
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MacPOP and PC POP are implemented using an enhanced POP2 (Post Office)
Protocol (RFC 937) and the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (RFC 922). The
POP server can be compiled and installed on Ultrix, 4.3BSD, SunOS 4.0.3
and Apple's A/UX. The client/server command protocol is carried out
using TCP/IP.
Sources for the enhanced server are also available upon request.
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Randy Moore & Bill Schweickert
Internet: binky@trident.arc.nasa.gov
Sterling Federal Systems
Data Systems Development Group
NASA Ames Research Center
Mail Stop 233-18
Moffett Field, CA 94035
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