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Subject: Re: can pmdf be run over tcp-ip?
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Date: Sat, 31-Oct-87 18:54:48 EST
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In article <13051@comp.vuw.ac.nz>, edward@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Ed Wilkinson) writes:
> We're just beginning to use pmdf & tcop ion Unix & VMS Vaxen.  Is
> there  any way to run pmdf over tcp-ip instead of phone links? As
> this is probably a simple query, please reply via email. Thanks.

PMDF and PhoneNet are often confused.
PhoneNet is a transport protocol (for mail) over asynchronous lines.
There are a couple of implementations of it under Unix, and one is
called (inappropriately) "PMDF".

The PMDF package under VMS is a "mailer", like sendmail and MMDF on Unix.
It includes support for several transport protocols, including PhoneNet,
DecNet, and SMTP/TCP/IP.

So PMDF on VMS supports TCP/IP, but the TCP/IP itself is a separate package.