NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/os/vms/17664

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From: [e-mail] (Carl J Lydick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Task to task decnet problem
Date: 9 Nov 1992 05:34:26 GMT
Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Bernhard Fabricius) writes:
=A very simple (but not very elegant) way of doing this would involve letting
=the "4.7" nodes' menu system send a mail-message to a special PCX account on
=the "5.4-1" node. A low-prio background job on the "5.4-1" node then checks (at
=regular intervals) if there is any new mail for the PCX account and runs PCX
=with the requested file-name when there is. (You could put the requested
=file-name in the "Subject" field of the mail-message).
=
=You can use callable mail-routines to do the work. There is an example in the
="Grey Wall" on the callable mail routines that you can use as a template - it
=does almost all of what you want (except, of course, running PCX...)
=
=This is quick and dirty, but very secure. (And your users need never know...)

You've *GOT* to be kidding.  Anybody with TMPMBX priv and knowledge of the
MAIL-11 protocol can forge network mail.
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Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: [e-mail] | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL

Disclaimer:  Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS.  That's what I get paid for.  My
understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below).  So
unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
organization responsible for it.  If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.