From: WITTWER@biel.be.tech.ascom.ch (Wittwer Fritz)
Subject: Re: VMS-Sun connectivity
Organization: Ascom Tech Ltd., Corporate Services, Division for Research 
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 07:03:26 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.11

In <1140@racerx.bridge.COM> ken@Bridge.COM writes:

> 
> I'm trying to bridge the huge void between our SunOS and VMS users.
> 
> We've got (I'm told) Multinet TCP/IP on one of the Vaxen that lets us
> rlogin and ftp between environments, and an NFS server on the Vax that
> lets us mount VMS directories on the Suns ("VMS to Ultrix Connection"
> software).
> 
We use CMU/TEK IP here since two years. It is cheap (only some hundredt $)
and works fairly well, but it is not an product like Mulitinet.

We use Telnet, remote printing (the SUNs are using the laserwriters on our
Apple Talk network over the VAX), FTP and so on. The unix boxes are our
nameservers. NFS on CMU/TEK IP is currently not well working but should do
soon.

> What I don't know how to do is to get e-mail and news between
> environments; it's not included in the TCP/IP networking package.  The
> vaxes are running VMS mail or whatever it is that comes by default
> (*not* All-in-One).  The Suns, of course, consume and generate
> RFC822-compliant mail, and use SMTP.
> 
> 1) Are there any bridging software packages that run on VMS that would
>    use SMTP to talk to the Suns' sendmail and whatever is necessary on
>    the VMS side?  Is it even possible?
> 

we use PMDF from Innosoft as our SMTP mailer on the VAX. It is a verry good
pakage. It does translating from SMTP (over CMU, UCX, IP over DECnet and many
others) to VMS Mail, DECnet Mail, PSI Mail, MRG, Printers and others) and vica
versa. The product has a verry good suport and isn't expensive. Ask
sales@inosoft.com for more information. (I don't work for Innosoft, I am only a
statisfied user of  their product)

> 2) Where are there any NNTP packages for VMS?  I've got news coming
>    into a Sun with UUCP, and available from there via NNTP.  I need a
>    VMS Multinet NNTP client and user-interface software.  What about
>    VMS/VNEWS, and where can I find it?
> 
> I've been watching applicable groups for quite some time, and have not
> seen these issues discussed.  If it's a FAQ, it's not frequently enough
> for me ;->

ANU News is rather slow as a NNTP client, it always loads down the list of all
newsgroups with the counters of messages. We use VMS NEWS from B. Onasch
another solution may by NEWSRDR from Matt Madiosn (spelling??)

> 
> ALSO, we're looking at ways of getting Unix, VMS, and DOS users to
> share the same filesystem for source code archives.  We're not settled
> on just which filesystem (Unix, Netware, or VMS) they will share yet.
> Someone else must be doing this already.  I'd like to learn what your
> solutions are.
> 
> 

Common solution would be NFS, it's available on all systems. If you need nice
interfaces on the PC side look for PCSA from DEC.

Fritz

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