Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!linus!philabs!spies!arubin From: arubin@spies.UUCP (Andy Rubin) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: VAX mail and ASYNC DECNET Message-ID: <161@spies.UUCP> Date: 19 Jan 88 15:45:09 GMT Organization: Spies in the wire PUBLIC ACCESS UN*X, Mount Kisco, NY Lines: 31 Keywords: mail,vax,decnet,async Can one of you net.wizards please tell me whether or not it's possible to send mail to a remote node, who's configured as a dial-up DYNAMIC async DECNET node? My company wants me to connect it's microVAX in New York to his mommie in Geneve, Switzerland. And of course, their too cheap to use a X.25 packet switched network (ie, TYMNET). So I figured I'd use ASYNC DECNET. The only problem is that since it's a dynamic connection (link is made once a week), we can't seem to send mail to the remote node when it's not there. Another related problem I've been having is switching the line manually from interactive to DECNET (set term TT:/protocol=DDCMP). Since I'm logging on to the bigVAX in Switzerland first, to receive my mail, then trying to switch the line to DECNET while I'm still logged in. I get "device already allocated to another process (Burp)" Any ideas will be greatly appretiated, and rewarded with a bar of Swiss chocolate. Thanks in advance. Andy Rubin (arubin@spies.UUCP) American SIP 530 Sawmill river road Elmsford, NY 10523 -- Spies in the Wire PUBLIC ACCESS UN*X | {allegra|ames|cmc12|inph4|gatech| Mount Kisco, New York | rutgers|mcnc|sdcsvax|uunet} | !philabs!spies!arubin (914) 666-3997 300/1200 8N1 |