VMS <--> Unix mail system (long message : summary).

[Darin Johnson]

In article <397 at magic.crp.capsogeti.fr>, schiltz at magic.crp.capsogeti.fr (Jean Pierre Schiltz) writes:
> Some time ago, I was asking for something to exchange mail between VMS and
> Unix. I thank everybody who replied. Here is a short summary. 
>
> Four ways to send mail sun <=> VMS (or more?)
> 
> 3. Purchase Sun's DECNET package and get a public domain program
> 	that does DECNET mail. This package can send, but
> 	the receiver can't reply.

Actually, I have written a program that goes both ways easily.  A major
source of confusion though, is that I happened to call it DNAMAIL,
which is the same name as the above program written by P. Jensen(?)
(which also is similar to D. Johnson - all purely coincidence...)
There are a few minor bugs (and could use some enhancement since it is
about a year old), requires modifying sendmail.cf, but is pretty simple
to use once set up.  For example, from the Suns, I send mail to myself
from my .forward file as darin at cosmos.  On the vax, I send mail via
NOVA::"darin" (or NOVA::"x!y!z...").

This is probably the most inexpensive route to go, since it only requires
purchasing Sunlink/DNI (which is worth it in itself).  The source to this
was posted to comp.sources.misc, and should be in the Sun archives at
rice.edu.  If you can't get ahold of it there, then send me mail and I will
send a copy.

Darin Johnson (...pyramid.arpa!leadsv!laic!darin)
              (...ucbvax!sun!sunncal!leadsv!laic!darin)
	"All aboard the DOOMED express!"