Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!psuvax1!ehrlich From: ehrlich@psuvax1.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: BITNET software Message-ID: <2854@psuvax1.psu.edu> Date: Mon, 17-Aug-87 19:38:20 EDT Article-I.D.: psuvax1.2854 Posted: Mon Aug 17 19:38:20 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Aug-87 01:22:21 EDT References: <36b9d33e.44e6@apollo.uucp> Reply-To: ehrlich@psuvax1.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) Distribution: world Organization: Penn State, Computer Science Department, University Park, PA Lines: 64 Keywords: UNIX, VMS, UREP, JNET, RSCS Summary: BITNET software for UNIX or VMS In article <36b9d33e.44e6@apollo.uucp> jlb@apollo.uucp (Joel Breazeale) writes: >Could someone "in the know" tell how/where one obtains the >software which interfaces to BITNET? > >I presume that BITNET software runs under several operating >systems. How about it running under a flavor of Unix and >VMS? > The Department of Computer Science here at Penn State offers a package for connecting UNIX systems to BITNET called UREP (UNIX(tm) RSCS Emulation Package). It is currently running under BSD 4.x, BSD 2.x, System V, and probably a few others that I do not know about. Currently a single cpu license costs $US850. To get information you should send a mail message to urep-license@psuvax1.{psu.edu,uucp,bitnet} or by US Mail to: Ms Romayne Bernitt Department of Computer Science The Pennsylvania State University 333 Whitmore Laboratory University Park, PA 16802 A company named Joiner Associates (spelling?) sell a package for VMS called JNET. Their address from the 1st quarter 1986 Data Sources directory is: Joiner Associates, Inc. 732 N. Midvale Blvd P.O. Box 5445 Madison, WI 53705 +1 608 238 8134 >--- > >Also, I've been running into a problem where the address on >an incoming message has been upcased, presumably by a gate- >way between BITNET and the ARPA internet. Is this a common >problem? Is this gateway software standardized so that fixing >it in one place eventually propagates to all gateways? What >process would I have to go through to get this situation >resolved, contact the gateway site administrator? Most reasonable mailer software is case insensitive. This is required by RFC822 which specifies message formats for the Internet. Unfortunately, IBM decided that host/user names must be eight or less UPPER CASE characters. This is from the people who brought you EBCDIC. :-) > >Joel Breazeale >Apollo Computer, Inc. > >UUCP: {decvax,yale,attunix}!apollo!jlb >ARPA: apollo!jlb@eddie.mit.edu -- --Dan Ehrlich The Pennsylvania State University, Computer Science Department 333 Whitmore Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802 +1 814 863 1142