[HECnet] HECnet mail gateway...

[Mark Abene]

Unfortunately gmail, in its infinite wisdom, gives the following fatal
error:

Error

The address "glgmsh::phiber at mim.update.uu.se" in the "To" field was not
recognized. Please make sure that all addresses are properly formed.



On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
>                                   ||  on a psychedelic trip
> email: bqt at softjar.se             ||  Reading murder books
> pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
>
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