[HECnet] HECnet mail gateway...

[Johnny Billquist]

I've been busy (as usual) with writing stuff for RSX. And been a bit 
annoyed at not having a nice mail gateway between TCP/IP and DECnet. So 
I've written one for RSX, which is now live.

This is still very new and not so very tested code, so I really 
appreciate any error reports, feature requests, thought, or just stress 
tests... :-)

So, without making it any more complicated:

To send mail from anywhere on the Internet to a host on HECnet:

<node>::<user>@Mim.Update.UU.SE

To send mail from a node on HECnet to Internet:

MIM::<user>@<host>

Of course, as usual, PMR addressing works on the DECnet side. Also, this 
mail gateway can also deal with local mail on Mim, in case anyone 
wonders. And it does *not* relay mail on the Internet.

I've done a cut of BQTCP as well, with this mailer included. But I'm not 
officially making a release yet. That is what the next week or so of 
testing is leading me up to, though. :-)

And if people try to get this up and working let me know, as the 
documentation might still be a bit cryptic as well.

And in case anyone wonder - yes, it does use MX records on the TCP/IP 
side. Also, Mim is behind a firewall, so for most people, SMTP access 
directly to Mim does not work. However, Mim also have an MX record 
pointing to an intermediate machine which then relays the messages on to 
Mim, but this introduces about a 10s delay in mails sent from the 
Internet to HECnet.

	Johnny

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Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
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