12 Apr
2017
12 Apr
'17
10:24 p.m.
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
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