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- From: madison@tgv.com (Matt Madison)
- Subject: Re: CMUTEK/MX -> Multinet/MX?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.225521.9752@news.arc.nasa.gov>
- Sender: usenet@news.arc.nasa.gov
- Reply-To: madison@tgv.com
- Organization: The Foundation for Dinner Peas
- References: <92Dec31.204434.18924@acs.ucalgary.ca>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 22:55:21 GMT
- Lines: 55
-
- In article <92Dec31.204434.18924@acs.ucalgary.ca>, draudson@bass.geo.ucalgary.ca (Byron Draudson) writes:
- >I'm currently running CMUTEK/IP and using the MX mailer. I'm considering
- >switching to Multinet and am wondering about the impact (if any) on my current
- >mail setup.
- >
- >1. Does MX mail work with Multinet? The MX docs say that the "supported"
- > transports are CMUTEK and UCX. Perhaps, MX can make use of Multinet's
- > UCX emulation?
-
- You may be running an older version of MX. MX has directly supported
- MultiNet since V2.2 or so. The latest version is V3.1C.
-
- >2. While I'm thinking of it - is there an NNTP client for Multinet?
-
- There are several:
-
- ANU-News - Not just a news reader, but a full-blown news system for VMS,
- including both an NNTP client and server. Available by anonymous
- FTP from kuhub.cc.ukans.edu and sao.aarnet.edu.au. VMS style user
- interface. Contact Geoff Huston (geoff@sao.aarnet.edu.au) for
- more information.
-
- NEWSRDR - A news reader (NNTP client). Requires access to a system running
- an NNTP server. Available by anonymous FTP from ftp.spc.edu in
- directory [.MADISON.NEWSRDR]. A recent (but not the most recent)
- version also appears on the MultiNet CDROM distribution, under
- the [CONTRIBUTED-SOFTWARE.APPLICATIONS] directory. It is also
- available through e-mail distribution from the BITNET mail server
- address FILESERV@WKUVX1 (send a one-line e-mail message with the
- text "HELP" in the message body for more information). Contact
- Matt Madison (madison@tgv.com) for more information.
-
- VNEWS - Another NNTP client. Available by anonymous FTP from arizona.edu
- in directory [SOFTWARE.VMS.VNEWS]. UNIX style user interface.
- Contact Joel Snyder (jms@arizona.edu) for more information.
-
- VMS NEWS - Yet another NNTP client. Available by anonymous FTP from
- ftpvms.ira.uka.de, directory [.NEWS].
-
- DXRN/MXRN - DECwindows and Motif implementations of xrn, an X Windows based
- NNTP client. Available by anonymous FTP from decuac.dec.com,
- file /pub/DEC/dxrn.share. Contact Rick Murphy
- (murphy@burfle.dco.dec.com) for more information.
-
- BULLETIN - Includes a USENET news reading mode. Send mail to
- BULLETIN@ORYANA.PFC.MIT.EDU with the word "INFO" in the message
- body for details on what BULLETIN is and how to get it.
-
- Many of these programs are also available from DECUS, either from the DECUS
- Library or on recent VAX SIG tapes.
-
- -Matt
- --
- Matthew Madison | madison@tgv.com | +1 408 427 4366
- TGV, Inc. | 603 Mission Street | Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA
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