[HECnet] decnet.org

[Ian McLaughlin]

On 2012-07-10, at 1:40 PM, Peter Coghlan wrote:


In my mind, using PMDF would be a better choice for SMTP<->DECnet 
connectivity. I believe that it's available from Process Software 
through their hobbyist program.


I agree. I've already mentioned that I'm running it here and my willingness
to use it to gateway mail from the internet to HECnet nodes.

However, nobody has expressed any interest. This is not entirely surprising
as by the time mail arrives in someones mail client, it is not going to look
any different or have any distinguishing characteristics that make it more
useful or interesting just because it has been transported over MAIL-11.

On the contrary.   Some of us nerds will be doing a "View Headers" on every message just to see the circuitous route it took :)

Ian