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From: oberman@LLL-ICDC.ARPA ("Oberman, Kevin")
Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax
Subject: Message router
Message-ID: <8701060042.AA19328@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: Mon, 5-Jan-87 17:09:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  5 17:09:00 1987
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>At the last DECUS, someone made mention of a mail program that would send mail
>to remote VAXes (VMS, running DECnet).  The neat part was that, if the node was
>down, the mail was queued, and upon coming back up, the mail would be sent to
>the appropriate place. 
>Does anyone know of such a beast ?  Along the same lines, where does one obtain
>information about writing foreign mail interfaces ? 

The product is the Message Router and it is a DEC layered product. It works
fairly well and as an added bonus it supports mail to a distribution list
(as info-vax). This allows you to mail to a pseudo-user and have the mail
sent to many users around the net.


						R. Kevin Oberman
						LLNL
						arpa: oberman@lll-icdc.arpa
						(415) 422-6955
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