Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!hayes.fai.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!jln From: jln@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: MAC MS-MAIL to SMTP gateway? Message-ID: <313@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Date: 10 Oct 90 18:09:06 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: Northwestern University Lines: 28 References:<1990Oct5.211803.11653@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <289@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> <1990Oct10.121405.15551@pyro.ei.dupont.com> In article <1990Oct10.121405.15551@pyro.ei.dupont.com> bell@pyro.ei.dupont.com (Mike Bell) writes (about GatorMail-Q): > The only gripe that I have with this product is that is doesn't handle > MX records correctly. I was told that the fault lies in MacTCP, but > whoever is to blame, it certainly makes the product less useful.... Yes, the fault lies with MacTCP. The StarNine folks have written their own domain name resolver which does support MX records. I've been using it in a beta release of Mail*Link here at NU for several months, and it works pretty well. I want to set the record straight: I think that Mail*Link (=GatorMail-Q) is a great product, especially for people who deal primarily with QuickMail but need to also sometimes send Internet mail, and for departments who don't want to hassle with UNIX. But for people who really need heavy-duty Internet mail capabilities on their Mac desktop (like me), I prefer Eudora. Eudora is closer to the Internet style. For example, Eudora supports Binhex'd enclosures, as I mentioned already. Also, it supports .sig files, Internet-style quoting with ">" signs, has a much more straightforward way to specify Internet addresses, etc. We currently have eight departments here at NU using QuickMail and the Mail*Link gateway, and most people are very happy with it. John Norstad Academic Computing and Network Services Northwestern University jln@casbah.acns.nwu.edu