[HECnet] HECnet mail gateway...

[Mark Abene]

I was able to get through google's stupidity by saying "glgmsh::phiber"@
mim.update.uu.se (with the added quotes), but I don't know if it reached
you, or if your gateway barfed on the quotes. Still hasn't arrived at the
remote end.

-Mark


On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Mark Abene <phiber at phiber.com> wrote:

> 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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