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
Hey all,
My VMS disk died ages ago and I needed to reinstall (thankfully, the
disk is dying again but more slowly)...and in that mess I lost my VAX
NOTES install. :(
Where can I grab a copy of VAX NOTES? I do not recall where I grabbed
it last time.
--
Cory Smelosky
b4 at gewt.net
Time for a new release announcement of TCP/IP for RSX-11M-PLUS.
This release contains a lot of fixes and improvements in many areas. I
really encourage people to upgrade, as some of these changes can have a
noticeable impact on performance, and in some cases, stability.
Highlights:
A new name resolver is provided, with better functionality, and better
stability.
A mail daemon is provided, which can handle mail both on TCP/IP, DECnet
and local.
Detailed information on things that have been done since the last release:
TCP:
- Improved handling of TCP FIN packets.
- Improved TCP probe handling, including a bug fix where sequence
numbers in packets could become wrong when probing.
- Improved handling of repeated ACK messages in TCP, which cause
immediate retransmits.
- Added TCP slow start algorithm () had not though I would need this,
but it turned out that under some circumstances, it really helps).
- Added handling of ICMP source quench messages.
- Added ability to set specific timeouts on individual receives from TCP.
- Changed handling in TCP for daemons, so that both queue depth and
actual running copies are checked to adhere to the limits set for
daemons. This makes TCP daemons properly manage potential DOS attacks.
- Bugfixes in TCP. If task activation failed for some reason, resources
were not cleared up properly.
FTP:
- Improved handling in FTP for existing files, which can now be chosen
to be superseded or not.
- Improved FTP MPUT command to not abort on errors.
FTPD:
- Improved FTP daemon Unix-style directory listings.
HTTP:
- Improved error handling in HTTP daemon.
- Improved logging in HTTP daemon.
- Added handling of Accept-field in HTTP requests.
- Added handling of options spanning multiple lines in HTTP.
- Removed binary log file in HTTP daemon.
TELNETD:
- Bugfix in TELNET daemon. Under some circumstances, TELNETD could stop
transmitting data.
NTPDATE:
- Improved handling of no responses in NTP client.
DECnet-over-IP:
- Improved DECnet-over-IP links to get better performance.
IRC:
- Added handling of various text attributes in IRC.
Name resolver:
- New name resolver, with improved functionality, better error handling,
and the ability to abort outstanding requests. Name resolved can now
also resolve other type of queries, such as MX records.
MAILD:
- Added MAILD
Libraries:
- Bugfixes in PDP-11C inet library. Some definitions were wrong.
- Updated quad-time functions with new functionality (affects both
MACRO-11 and all high level languages).
As usual, the distribution is available from:
ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.dsk
ftp://mim.update.uu.se/bqtcp.tap
ftp://ftp.update.uu.se/pub/pdp11/rsx/tcpip/tcpip.dsk
The documentation is also available through ftp on Mim, or also at
http://mim.update.uu.se/tcpipdoc
The firewall for Mim have now been removed, so no need for the alternate
ports, but Mim is still listening to the alternate ports as well.
ftp: 10021
telnet: 10023
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
Most of you have heard of the Large Scale Systems Museum, a public
museum in the Pittsburgh area that is focused on minicomputers,
mainframes, and supercomputers. LSSM has been closed for renovations
and expansion for the past several months; we've added nearly a
thousand square feet of new exhibit space and many new exhibits.
On May 6th, there will be a large block party (actually, several
blocks) here in town, called "New Kensington Better Block", with
street vendors and other standard block party fare. LSSM will be
participating in that event with our post-renovation reopening; we
will be open to the public all day with docents on duty. Many of our
systems will be running and demonstrated throughout the day.
In even bigger news, LSSM is pleased to announce the opening of a
brand new wing, the Large Scale Integration Museum, or LSIM. As the
name suggests, the LSIM wing is dedicated to computer systems based on
Large Scale Integration CPUs, from the earliest four-bit 4004
processors through the desktop computer revolution of the 1970s and
1980s. Thanks to a partnership with Pennsylvania-based nonprofit
organization Tristate Technology Museum Consortium, and a generous
donation from the private collection of Corey Little and C/PMuseum,
LSIM will add more than one hundred new exhibits in four thousand
square feet of newly-renovated space located in the same building as
the recently-expanded Large Scale Systems Museum.
Everyone is welcome. LSSM is located at 924 4th Avenue, New
Kensington, PA 15068. For more information, directions, or hotel
recommendations, contact the LSSM via email at info at lssmuseum.org or
on Facebook (search for "Large Scale Systems Museum"). You can also
see some photos of our facilities on the Facebook page.
Please feel free to forward this message to anyone whom you think
might be interested.
Thanks,
-Dave McGuire
President/Curator, LSSM
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Sorry to bother you kind folks, but do you know how to get hold of the
password for the hobbyvax account on ftp.usa.hp.com ?
Or has it gone away?
It has been a long time since I last used it and failed to keep a local
copy of the isos I needed (C and Basic mainly)
Cheers for any help,
Tony Blews.
I've been rewriting the code that does address rewriting for mail that
passes between MAIL11 and SMTP the last few days, and I think I got it
sorted now. So, if people have tried, and found either funny, or
non-working behavior please try now, and see if thinks look better.
I've also been testing with VMS MAIL, which uses MAIL11 in some more
creative ways, to make sure it gets translated in reasonable ways by my
RSX gateway.
As a warning, the CC field in VMS MAIL might not be totally correctly
handled yet.
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
Hi,
call me an idiot, but how do I rectify this problem:
MAIL> r
To: MIM::tonyblews at gmail.com
%JBC-E-NOSUCHQUE, no such queue
Press RETURN to continue reading your mail
MAIL>
Thanks for any help.
Tony Blews
We?re downsizing. Also, I haven?t powered this stuff on in years so it?s time to pass it along to someone else.
I have a VAXstation 4000/90 and two VAX 4000/500 that need new homes in the Atlanta area.
The only rule is these may not be sold they must be passed on when you are done with them.
-brian
Do anyone have BLISS-16 for VAX/VMS?
I'm now going through various bit and pieces of RSX, and I've found a
few places where the BLISS sources have updates that never have entered
into the binary distributions, which I'd like to fix, but I really need
a B16 compiler to do so. I have VMS 7.3 on a VAX here, but I haven't
even checked if I might have BLISS or not, but since I'm not very
organized in my VMS software department, I figured I should start by
asking if someone else have it, and a bit more order, before I start
trying to sort out whatever stuff I might have somewhere...
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
