Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bu-cs!dartvax!sirius!gmd
From: gmd@sirius.UUCP (George MacDonald)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Unix <-> VMS mail can they talk?
Keywords: unix vms mail uucp sendmail aardvarks
Message-ID: <300@sirius.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 88 23:23:43 GMT
Organization: Northern Telecom, NSSD, Concord, NH.
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I am sure this question has been asked before,

"How can one connect VMS mail and Unix mail"

We have lots of SUN on a network running mail and have everyone mailing quite
happily, we also have a number of VAX VMS which also have mail bouncing
arround, but the two universes don't connect(via mail that is). We have
SUNLINK DNI, so we can set host/rlogin back and forth and I know enough
about the SUN's to make it do tricks, but I am VMS illiterate.

Physically we are connected via ethernet/decnet and could set up serial lines
easily(Would prefer the ethernet solution though).

Is there anything that runs on a VMS system that resembles sendmail/uucp?

It seems fairly straight forwards to write a program that would go from the 
unix side to grab mail from my personal mailbox and mail this to myself
(Am I missing something here?), but generalizing this seems to be a problem
due to passwords etc.

Personally I would settle for just getting my mail on the VMS side delivered 
to the UNIX side but It would be much nicer if it would go both ways 8-).

If there are no public domain solutions does anyone know of commercial ones!

Thanks for any help,
-- 

George MacDonald	@ Northern Telecom	..!dartvax!sirius!gmd