[HECnet] VMS/RSX Guest accounts

Yes, but the MIM guest account is shared; I'm going to need to store a few files (captures, control files, Etc.) Wow, you've kept a real VAX running from 1993?? Good for you! I'll contact you off-list. On 4/22/20 11:07 PM, Supratim Sanyal wrote: > > Thomas - MIM already has a guest account ... I have had fun sending > Johnny smtp emails to that account. > > I can give you an account on MARIAH (a real VAX) if you wish, shoot me > a note offline if you decide to follow up ... > > Regards > > Supratim > > On 4/22/20 10:49 PM, Thomas DeBellis wrote: >> I've had my fill of FAL and DAP for the moment and have turned to >> some other things as sort of a 'break'.? The Tops-10 NFT client >> breaks on certain file names that the 20 sends it, so there is going >> to be some debugging to track that down.? Fortunately, a very patient >> person gave me PPN on one of their 10's. >> >> Right now, I'm working on bringing the Tops-20 mail system a bit more >> up to date with respect to DECnet communications.? These were largely >> put aside when full Internet connectivity happened. Still, the PANDA >> distribution has some bit rot because I know that certain Columbia >> changes for DECnet (to support CCnet) are not there.? I can't imagine >> that we didn't send them to MRC; that would have been unthinkable. >> >> Fortunately, I was able to remember enough to put some of them back >> so that I got SMTP over DECnet working well, again.? It had been >> suffering from about two minute timing delays and now it's >> instantaneous between 20's, like I remember.?? Oddly enough, I don't >> remember what else ran SMTP over DECnet; I'm certain that RSX and VMS >> could have done it.? I think some VMS site might have. >> >> However, most non-SMTP DECnet hosts on CCnet were running Mail-11, >> which the 20 also groks.? In fact, it can convert Mail-11 addresses >> to SMTP and route over other transports such as PUP, Chaos and TCP/IP >> as well as DECnet.? We did a lot of mail routing for CCnet to the >> Internet on CU20B, back in the day. >> >> Unfortunately, there is some bit rot in some of the Tops-20 Mail-11 >> code, so I've got some tinkering to do.? Does anyone have a VMS or >> RSX system that they'd care to give me a guest account on?? It >> doesn't need any special capabilities; I'm just going to be sending >> mail and looking a few raw headers over. >> > -- > Supratim Sanyal, W1XMT > 39.19151 N, 77.23432 W > QCOCAL::SANYAL via HECnet