kfh@cbnews.att.com (kevin.hennessy) (11/20/90)
Is there any way to set up a Mac to receive/send email from/to a UNIX host? I heard that a PD(?) program called uutomac may help. Would like to use a serial port connection. Off the shelf products (like MS-Mail) don't seem to support non AppleTalk connections without separate gateways (read more hardware/software/money). Could be wrong, but this is my initial impression. Kevin att!cblph!kfh
stanfiel@testeng1.misemi (Chris Stanfield) (11/22/90)
In article <1990Nov20.153935.16282@cbnews.att.com> kfh@cbnews.att.com (kevin.hennessy) writes: > > Is there any way to set up a Mac to receive/send email from/to a UNIX host? > I use a Mac with Red Ryder 10.3 connected to an HP360 workstation via one of the serial ports and that is how I send and receive mail, e-mail etc. I am actually connected to a VAX cluster as well (via the other serial port) and I have auto logon procedures written for all of my connections. Basically, the Mac works as a VT100 terminal, allowing me to use the workstation as a host, so I can run rn, Emacs etc., as well as doing file transfers both directions. I believe that Freesoft, who wrote Red Ryder, have superceded it with White Knight, which is apparently even better. The prices I have seen are generally under $100 (discount mail-order) and I would say the package would do all you want, and more. You do, of course, need an account on the UNIX host and access to a serial port on it. Hope this helps! Chris Stanfield, Mitel Corporation: E-mail to:- uunet!mitel!testeng1!stanfiel (613) 592 2122 Ext.4960 We do not inherit the world from our parents - we borrow it from our children.
ddaniel@lindy.stanford.edu (D. Daniel Sternbergh) (11/22/90)
In article <5413@testeng1.misemi> stanfiel@testeng1.UUCP () writes: >In article <1990Nov20.153935.16282@cbnews.att.com> kfh@cbnews.att.com (kevin.hennessy) writes: >> Is there any way to set up a Mac to receive/send email from/to a UNIX host? >I use a Mac with Red Ryder 10.3... >Basically, the Mac works as a VT100 terminal, allowing >me to use the workstation as a host, so I can run rn, Emacs etc., For a mail application that runs on your Mac but uses SMTP protocols to get mail from/send mail through a UNIX post office, try MacMH, available from Stanford Networking. For a Mac-based server with a UNIX gateway, what you want is either Microsoft Mail, with GatorMail-M, or QuickMail with GatorMail-Q (GatorMail is available from Cayman in Cambridge, MA). == Daniel == --------------------------- D. Daniel Sternbergh ddaniel@lindy.stanford.edu
meldal@ithink.Stanford.EDU (Sigurd Meldal) (11/24/90)
>>In article <1990Nov20.153935.16282@cbnews.att.com> kfh@cbnews.att.com (kevin.hennessy) writes: >>> Is there any way to set up a Mac to receive/send email from/to a UNIX host? It all depends on how you are connected. The simplest case is where you are connected directly through an ethernet card or an appletalk bridge (such as Kinetics FastPath or Cayman Gatorbox). For these setups there are two routes: Use a popclient program working with some popserver. That will use the server as a post office, and the mac will periodically (automatically or manually) go fetch any mail. My favorite is Eudora, which is freeware by anonymous ftp from ux1.cso.uiuc.edu, the mac/eudora directory. The simplest way to get a popserver up is to install popper (anon. ftp from lilac.berkeley.edu) onto a unix box. Another option is to use MacPost, an SMTP based system from the University of Lund, in Sweden. It seems to function quite well, but I prefer the popbased system. If you are connected by modem/serial line then your choices are more limited. The two I can think o offhand are gnuucp (uucp for the mac), and (again) eudora. The latter requires the Apple Communications Toolbox from APDA. Eudora has a 1.2 version in alpha testing, and even the 1.1 version blows all other popbased systems I have seen out of the water. Good luck. Sigurd Meldal -- Hard mail: ERL 456 | Internet: meldal@anna.stanford.edu Computer Systems Lab.| Stanford University | BitNet: meldal%anna.stanford.edu@forsythe.bitnet Stanford CA 94305 | Uucp: ...decwrl!glacier!shasta!anna!meldal USA | phone: +1 415 723 6027 fax: +1 415 725 7398