From: Janet_Perry@NOVELL.COM (Janet Perry)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell
Subject: Protocols in GMS (part 2)
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:13:04 GMT
Reply-To: Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU

SNADS Protocol Module:

The SNADS Protocol Module allows a NetWare Global Messaging
server to exchange messages with IBM's Distributed Office Support
System (DISOSS) and with users of IBM's OfficeVision/MVS and
OfficeVision/400.  It employs a single NetWare for SAA session
for SNA transport services.

Within a SNADS network, the NetWare Global Messaging server
with the SNADS Protocol Module appears as a SNADS distribution
services node.  A system administrator can configure the SNADS
Protocol Module, define NetWare Global Messaging endpoints and
assign SNADS names for NetWare Global Messaging users.  The
SNADS Protocol Module supports directory information exchange
between the NetWare Global Messaging server and IBM's DISOSS
product.  To leverage the investment in SNA networks, messages
can also be exchanged between NetWare Global Messaging servers
using the SNADS protocol.

The SNADS Protocol Module makes seamless interoperability
possible between the NetWare Global Messaging Server and the
SNADS system.  A message with multiple binary attachments from
a NetWare Global Messaging server will be sent to SNADS
destinations as individual SNADS message units since SNADS does
not support multiple message units.  Text data is transformed
into IBM's Document Content Architecture Final Form Text (DCA
FFT format).  Address formats are also converted appropriately.

X.400 Support:

NetWare Global Messaging X.400 support is based on the Novell
X.400 Protocol Access Module.  This module implements the X.400
API Association (XAPIA) client side of the interface to X.400
services.  It includes Novell OSI stacks for transport-level
access.  Support for administering routing and X.400 address
aliases is integrated with NetWare Global Messaging
administration.

The X.400 Protocol

Access Module will be available for OEMs, enabling them to
provide complete X.400 solutions for the NetWare platform
which fully integrate with NetWare Global Messaging.

Retix, the industry-leading supplier of OSI technology,
partnered with Novell to create the X.400 for NetWare Global
Messaging product.  X.400 for NetWare Global Messaging
combines the Novell X.400 Protocol Access Module with the
Retix MTA in an integrated NLM-based solution for NetWare
Global Messaging. Retix will market this product through the
Novell channel with Novell-approved packaging.  The Retix
product will be the first comprehensive X.400 solution to
fully integrate with NetWare's messaging service.

Pricing and Availability

The suggested list price for the SNADS Protocol Module is
(U.S. Dollars) $2,495 for a 20-user version and $6,995 for
an unlimited version.  The 20-user version supports branch
office configurations at an entry-level price.  The SNADS
Protocol Module is available now through Novell authorized
resellers.

The SMTP Protocol Module will list for $2,995 for an unlimited
user version and will be available in late November through
Novell authorized resellers.

The X.400 Protocol Access Module will be available to OEMs in
late November.  The first X.400 for NetWare Global Messaging
product is from Retix and will list for $6,995 and will be
available in the first quarter of 1993, through Novell
authorized resellers.

For pricing outside of North America and Canada, customers
should contact their local Novell authorized resellers.  For
information regarding upgrades, contact (800) NETWARE.

Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) is an operating system software
company, the developer of network services, specialized and
general purpose operating system software products including
NetWare and DR DOS.  Novell's NetWare network computing
products manage and control the sharing of services, data and
applications among computer workgroups, departmental networks
and business-wide information systems.

Education discounts will be supported in the US and Canada.

Janet Perry
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