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- From: "Anthony J. Rzepela" <rzepela@hal.hahnemann.edu>
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
- Subject: Q: MX over DEC UCX 2.0 - summarize?
- Message-ID: <00967119.602113E0.27667@hal.hahnemann.edu>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 02:40:30 EST
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- Hi all,
-
- I read this list on a utility that currently has ~300 postings stored,
- so I have done *some* checking, and I see questions about using MX over
- specific TCP/IP packages, and I noted the following reply from Matt -
-
- >What tcp/ip packages does the current version of MX support?
- :
- :
- DEC VMS/ULTRIX Connection V1.2 and later
- (as of V2.0 called TCP/IP Services for VMS)
- :
- :
-
- -Matt
-
- At our site, we are abandoning the recently abandoned CMU-Tek, with which
- we successfully used MX 3.0 for more than a year. Now we are on UCX 2.0
- (CSLG license). For the sole reason that we have published user manuals and
- done training using MX, we do not want to abandon it as our VMS system mailer.
-
- UCX, as of 2.0, ships with an SMTP<-->VAXMail interface, and unless someone can
- warn me of a hidden hell with UCX' SMTP mail, the manuals/training thing
- will remain the only reason.
-
- Can someone answer:
-
- * Do I have to use the MX SMTP server? Can't MX communicate with the UCX
- SMTP server?
-
- * To test it, do I have to install from scratch? The MX CONFIG programs don't
- seem able to give me a working MX that will fly with UCX.
-
- (NB: I *have* been trying different things, testing, and RTFMing. I'm
- not supplying excessive detail because I'm just looking for general
- advice and/or warnings.)
-
-
- From reading the docs, it seems to me that there should be a way to
- just have MX handle the VMSMail interface, and let SMTP service, routing,
- et al., be handled by UCX, but am I wrong?
-
- This is not only for the sake of a few manuals, but also
- compatibility with other University systems, so I can't exactly
- just drop MX.
-
- Any thoughts appreciated.
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- Anthony Rzepela <rzepela@cvi.hahnemann.edu>
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