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Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Electronic mail using EtherTalk and SMTP
Message-ID: <1988Nov11.150011.11328@LTH.Se>
Date: 11 Nov 88 14:00:10 GMT
Reply-To: lars_s@ldc.lu.se (Lars Sigebo)
Organization: Lund University Computing Center, Sweden
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Subj: Elektronic mail using EtherTalk and SMTP

Hello!

We are working on a project for Lund University Computing Center in 
Sweden concerning electronic mail between Macintosh and the World. 
On Mac, the interface will be in ordinary Macintosh style.

We want to connect our LocalTalks to an existing Ethernet using
bridges or EtherCards. 

One Macintosh connected to Ethernet via EtherCard is intended to be a 
local mailserver, handling mail from and to Macs on LocalTalks. It will 
also hold mail files for a Mac user not currently reachable.

To communicate with other systems (Unix, VAX/VMS...) there are also two
central mail servers connected to the Ethernet. One server is running
PMDF on VAX/VMS and the other Sendmail on Ultrix.

SMTP will be used to communicate with the central mailserver and 
AppleTalk on Ethernet (EtherTalk) to communicate with the Macs. In
other words, we want the local Mac mailserver to speak two protocols
on Ethernet, EtherTalk and TCP/IP (SMTP), at the same time. 

We have the source for NCSA Telnet, and are planning to use the 
TCP/IP part from this source implementing SMTP.

o  Suggestions?
o  Doing the same thing?
o  Is it possible? 
o  TCP/IP on Mac?
o  AppleTalk for VMS?
o  NCSA Telnet libraries (or other)?

Lars Sigebo & Joakim Bengtson
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            Lars Sigebo                     Joakim Bengtson
BITNET:     Lars_S@SELDC52                  Joakim_B@SELDC52
Internet:   Lars_S@ldc.lu.se                Joakim_B@ldc.lu.se
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Any feedback is very appreciated!!!



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