Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:8564 comp.sys.dec:5067 Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!uupsi!cci632!ritcsh!ultb!ritvax.isc.rit.edu!jav8106 From: jav8106@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Doctor FORTRAN) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: mail and files from Unix to Mac Message-ID: <1991Feb15.203242.24744@isc.rit.edu> Date: 15 Feb 91 20:23:02 GMT References: <27B88453.24749@orion.oac.uci.edu> Sender: news@isc.rit.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: jav8106@ritvax.isc.rit.edu Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology Lines: 43 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4 Nntp-Posting-Host: vaxc In article <27B88453.24749@orion.oac.uci.edu>, mwu@teri.bio.uci.edu (Matt Wu) writes... - -We have a bunch of Macintoshes here that we are thinking of connecting via -Ethernet (right now, only three of them have Ethernet; the rest are still -using AppleTalk). We also have a few Unix boxes lying around. - -Anyway, my question is: Is there software floating around out there that -will let us forward mail received on a Unix box to a Macintosh? The Macs will -be used by various people at various times and will not always be on, so it -only makes sense to utilize a Unix machine for this purpose. - -Also, if anyone out there knows of anything that will allow a Unix box to -work as a fileserver for the Macs, I'd really welcome some information. We just unwrapped our Gatorbox, with Gatorshare software, from Cayman. It looks like an NFS (Network File System) client to the Unix server, and like an Apple Share server to the Macintoshes. You won't need ethernet cards for each mac, either (though I have one installed on my mac, but I move large image files around and about) -- it also serves as an Ethernet - to - Localtalk gateway. The Gatorshare software can store the data and resource forks of each mac file in separate files on the Unix side. This is handy for me, because I need to manipulate the data forks of some files on the unix side, then pass them back to the mac. A separate desktop file is also kept for each volume. It's really a neat solution, particularly for those who need to live in the two worlds simultaneously! Of course, you'll need NFS running on the Unix server . . . . We are also testing a mail program for the mac, but I don't have any details on that yet. C ========================================================================== C === This subroutine will write a signature at the end of a posting. Subroutine Signature Write (*, 101) 101 Format (1H1, 'Doctor FORTRAN', /, ' Master of the Realm', /, 1 ' Reply: jav8106@ritvax.isc.rit.edu') Return End