[HECnet] HECnet mail gateway...

[Mark Abene]

It does indeed work to my VAX/VMS system, sending to "enkidu::phiber"@
mim.update.uu.se from gmail.
Something odd with my TOPS-20 mail setup on GLGMSH, it assumes ALL mail is
Internet mail, and doesn't seem to know what to do with a DECnet style mail
address. That's a separate issue, not related to your mail gateway.

By the way, if I try to run MAIL on MIM at the moment, it gives me an error:
$ mail
Sorry, no mail reader yet.

It used to work just fine...

Regards
-Mark


On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 12:39 AM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:

> On 2017-04-13 06:55, Mark Abene wrote:
>
>> Hmm.. I don't seem to have received that first test message.
>> I just sent another to "glgmsh::phiber"@mim.update.uu.se
>> <http://mim.update.uu.se> (with quotes) in gmail, subject is "test #2".
>>
>
> Well, I can see in the logs that the mail passed through MIM and was
> delivered to GLGMSH. What happens after that I have no idea...
>
>         Johnny
>
>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se
>> <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 2017-04-12 22:37, Mark Abene wrote:
>>
>>         YOU worked at GOOGLE? Say it isn't so, Johnny!
>>
>>
>>     Stressing the past tense, yes. No more bqt at google.com
>>     <mailto:bqt at google.com> for me. :-)
>>
>>         I responded elsewhere, I'm having the reverse problem trying to
>> send
>>         mail to a HECnet address using gmail, and gmail is refusing the
>> user
>>         part with the colons. Quoting it made it go through, but it never
>>         arrived at the destination...
>>
>>
>>     Not sure exactly what my problem was. But as it was stuck on Mim I
>>     realized that my error handling on the MAIL11 side was not good, so
>>     I redesigned and expanded on it, and somehow that solved the problem
>>     with your mail as well... (or so I think.)
>>
>>             Johnny
>>
>>
>>         -Mark
>>
>>
>>         On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Johnny Billquist
>>         <bqt at softjar.se <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>
>>         <mailto:bqt at softjar.se <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>>> wrote:
>>
>>             On 2017-04-10 21:45, Cory Smelosky wrote:
>>
>>                 Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>
>>                     On 2017-04-10 21:27, Cory Smelosky wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>                         Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>                         On Apr 10, 2017, at 12:04, Johnny Billquist
>>                         <bqt at softjar.se <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>
>>         <mailto:bqt at softjar.se <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>>> wrote:
>>
>>                             However, like I said, Google is refusing
>>         mails with
>>                             a source address
>>                             that don't pass various rules they have,
>>         which is in
>>                             violation of RFC
>>                             5321. And the silly think is that the error
>>         Google
>>                             gives refers to
>>                             RFC 5321 as a reason why they are refusing.
>>
>>                             As the source address should be used when
>>         reporting
>>                             any problems
>>                             back, I cannot really fake it either, without
>>                             potentially loosing
>>                             more information. I'm going to try and ping
>>         people
>>                             at Google, but I
>>                             do not have very high hopes of this being
>>         resolved.
>>                             So the answer
>>                             might just be that Google is broken, and you
>>         should
>>                             avoid it.
>>
>>
>>                         I'll poke some google friends and see if anyone
>>         is in
>>                         the mail team.
>>
>>
>>                     Don't. I know people on that team, and have already
>>         pinged them.
>>
>>
>>                 Alrighty!
>>
>>
>>             As I am no longer in that madhouse I guess I can admit now
>>         that I've
>>             worked for the last almost 8 years there... Not on Gmail
>> though.
>>
>>
>>                     Johnny
>>
>>             --
>>             Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus
>>                                               ||  on a psychedelic trip
>>             email: bqt at softjar.se <mailto:bqt at softjar.se>
>>         <mailto: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 <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
>
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