[HECnet] HECnet mail gateway...

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2017-04-12 22:24, Mark Abene wrote:
> I was able to get through google's stupidity by saying
> "glgmsh::phiber"@mim.update.uu.se <http://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.

There was some hiccup at Mim, so the mail got stuck for a while. I 
improved the MAIL11 code some, and then the mail went through, I believe.

	Johnny

>
> -Mark
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Mark Abene <phiber at phiber.com
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto:glgmsh%3A%3Aphiber 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
>     <mailto: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 <http://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 <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>             ||
>         Reading murder books
>         pdp is alive!                     ||  tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol
>
>
>


-- 
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