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- From: coleve@cc.uvcc.edu
- Subject: Re: VMS-Sun connectivity
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.132917.1@cc.uvcc.edu>
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- Organization: Utah Valley Community College
- References: <1140@racerx.bridge.COM>
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:29:17 GMT
-
- In article <1140@racerx.bridge.COM>, ken@Bridge.COM (Ken Hardy) writes:
- >
- > I'm trying to bridge the huge void between our SunOS and VMS users.
- >
- > We've got (I'm told) Multinet TCP/IP on one of the Vaxen that lets us
- > rlogin and ftp between environments, and an NFS server on the Vax that
- > lets us mount VMS directories on the Suns ("VMS to Ultrix Connection"
- > software).
-
- CONFUSION HERE.... VMS to Ultrix Connection (ucx) is a DEC product which
- competes with Multinet.
-
- >
- > What I don't know how to do is to get e-mail and news between
- > environments; it's not included in the TCP/IP networking package. The
- > vaxes are running VMS mail or whatever it is that comes by default
- > (*not* All-in-One). The Suns, of course, consume and generate
- > RFC822-compliant mail, and use SMTP.
- >
- > 1) Are there any bridging software packages that run on VMS that would
- > use SMTP to talk to the Suns' sendmail and whatever is necessary on
- > the VMS side? Is it even possible?
- >
- If you DO have Multinet, the SMTP mailer is included. If you have UCX,
- You need to get an SMTP mailer such as MX or PMDF.
- MX is free. PMDF is a commercial product & is very powerful.
-
- > 2) Where are there any NNTP packages for VMS? I've got news coming
- > into a Sun with UUCP, and available from there via NNTP. I need a
- > VMS Multinet NNTP client and user-interface software. What about
- > VMS/VNEWS, and where can I find it?
- >
- Most VMS sites use ANU news. I had a copy of VMS/vnews, but I hated it...
- not being used to the "unix style" of operation. Look around, your users will
- probably love it.
-
- > I've been watching applicable groups for quite some time, and have not
- > seen these issues discussed. If it's a FAQ, it's not frequently enough
- > for me ;->
- >
- look in:
- news.software.anu-news
- vmsnet.mail.mx
- vmsnet.mail.ucx
- vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet
- vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.ucx
- --
- -- Vern Cole -- Systems Manager -- Utah Valley Community College --
-