PowerTalk gateways let you take advantage of PowerTalk’s Mailbox for sending and receiving electronic correspondence from a variety of sources. When you install a personal gateway on your computer, you gain direct access to any of your specific communication services.
This release includes gateways for the following communication services:
•FAX
•pagers
•voicemail
•the Internet
•CompuServe
•Microsoft Mail
•QuickMail
You can also obtain a publically available X.500 PowerTalk Catalog gateway. Use the instructions below for getting this gateway through the Internet.
What is on this Release?
PowerTalk Direct Dialup Mail v1.1.2 - This gateway allows PowerTalk users to dial in to any other Macintosh and exchange mail.
ExMachina Notify! Pager gateway v1.0 - Allows pages to be sent from PowerTalk.
STF PowerFax™PE gateway v1.0.5 - Allows FAXes to be sent and received from PowerTalk. This new version supports additional modems.
CompuServe Mail gateway v1.0.3 - This gateway connects PowerTalk to CompuServe mail.
QuickMail gateway v1.6 - The QuickMail gateway allows PowerTalk users to exchange mail directly with QuickMail users. This gateway is functionally equivalent to version 1.0.5.
Internet/SMTP/POP gateway v1.6 - The PT/INET gateway provides PowerTalk users direct access to UNIX based mail systems and to the Internet. This gateway supports dialup connections (via SLIP or PPP) or LAN connections to your mail server or Internet provider. This gateway is functionally equivalent to version 1.5.1
Microsoft Mail gateway v1.6 - The Microsoft Mail gateway allows PowerTalk users to send and receive mail from any other Microsoft Mail (now called StarNine Mail) for the AppleTalk user. This gateway is functionally equivalent to version 1.0.0.
One other PowerTalk gateway is available on this release of system software—Apple's FAX gateway that works in conjunction with Apple’s GeoPort and Express Modems. You can find this gateway in the Telecom folder. Apple recommends that the STF PowerFax gateway and the Apple GeoPort gateway not be used together.
Installing and setting up the gateways
Before you install or upgrade any of the gateways, read and follow the instructions in the Read Me file for each gateway you plan to install.
Once you install the gateways you need, use the PowerTalk Key Chain to configure and start the gateways. If PowerTalk is installed, you can find the Key Chain under the Apple Menu items in the Mail and Catalog menu item.
Known limitations
ExMachina Notify! Pager gateway
When running the pager gateway on a PowerPC based Apple Macintosh, sending to a page
server will fail. See the Readme in the Notify! gateway folder for additional
information on this gateway.
Modem-based software
Some gateways put your modem into auto-answer mode. When your modem is in auto-answer mode, you can still use any gateway to send calls. However, only one gateway at a time should set the modem to auto-answer.
Two of the gateways included on this CD will attempt to put your modem into auto-answer mode: STF PowerFax PE and Apple Direct Dialup Mail. You may have either of these gateways set to auto-answer, but not both.
To avoid conflict between STF PowerFax PE and Apple Direct Dialup Mail, you can open the Special menu and use the “I’m at” menu item to turn one or the other package off.
You can also disable auto-answer for STF PowerFax PE. To disable auto-answer, follow these steps:
1. Open the STF PowerFax key in the Key Chain and click the Other Settings button.
2. In the Other Setting dialog, choose Fax Modem.
3. Open the Answer On (number of rings) pop-up menu and choose Never.
With PowerFax configured this way, the gateway will not try to set your modem to auto-answer. However, you may still send a fax at any time.
About the X.500 Catalog Gateway for PowerTalk™ (University of Michigan)
X.500 is an international standard suite of protocols defined to provide directory and other services. X.500 directory services provide information about people—names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. Described below is the detail about an X.500 PowerTalk personal gateway that is freely distributed via the Internet.
How does it work?
With the X.500 Catalog Gateway installed, a PowerTalk user with TCP/IP access to the Internet can browse and search X.500 catalogs. The user can use e-mail addresses stored in X.500 to address messages via SMTP e-mail gateways (such as those available from StarNine).
This X.500 gateway provides no access to, or any provision for, X.400 e-mail systems.
The X.500 Catalog Gateway uses the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) protocol, which is specifically targeted at simple management applications and browser applications that provide read/write interactive access to a directory.
LDAP is a widely used Draft Internet Standard for access to X.500 Directory Services. It provides almost all the functionality of X.500 without the overhead of the OSI protocol stack. LDAP operates over TCP/IP networks to query X.500 servers. LDAP is described in Internet Request for Comments: RFC-1487 [July 1993]: W. Yeong, T. Howes, S. Hardcastle-Kille, “X.500 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol” (available at all the usual ftp sites for IETF Internet Drafts).
How do I get it?
The latest version is available for anonymous ftp from terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu in the directory /x500/aoce. An e-mail mailing list is used to inform users of new versions and news about the X.500 Catalog Gateway. To get on the mailing list, send your request to CSAM-LIST-Request@UMich.EDU.
Other University of Michigan LDAP implementations (server and client) are also available from the same host. Unix, Macintosh, and MS Windows platforms are supported. For more information about the non-PowerTalk aspects of the Michigan LDAP work, send a message via Internet e-mail to x500@umich.edu.
You can contact the author by by e-mail at Gavin.Eadie@UMich.EDU on the Internet or at A67 on AppleLink. You can also call (313) 936-0816 during USA Eastern Time working hours or fax at (313) 763-0523.
Redistribution and use of the X.500 Catalog Gateway for PowerTalk is permitted provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The name of the University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. This software is provided “as is” without express or implied warranty.
