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- From: sjg@zen.void.oz.au (Simon J. Gerraty)
- Subject: Re: Microsoft Mail <-> SMTP for SCO
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.012318.12961@zen.void.oz.au>
- Organization: zen programming...
- References: <1992Dec21.215656.21930@utoday.com> <pauln.725094428@nuustak>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 01:23:18 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In <pauln.725094428@nuustak> Paul Nash <paul@tantrum.csir.co.za> writes:
- >Thus spake sean@ost40.utoday.com (Sean Fulton):
- >> Anyone know where I can obtain source for an SMTP <-> Microsoft Mail
- >> gateway to run on an SCO ODT 2.0 system??
-
- >MS-Mail uses a proprietary encryption scheme, which makes it almost
- >impossible to roll your own gateway. Microsoft will, however, _sell_
- >you an SMTP gateway (that runs on a stand-alone PC) for plenty $$$
- >(more than your original MS-Mail license). To be able to generate
- >SMTP addresses in outgoing mail, they'll also _sell_ you an SMTP
- >addressing module (one for each postoffice that you want to be able
- >to send SMTP mail) for even more $$$ (more than the gateway cost).
-
- This seems to be par for the course. Of several PC-Mail to SMTP
- gateways that I have (indirectly) come accross, all seem totally
- inadequate (certainly not worth the money). They seem to all
- have been written by folk who have never used UNIX mail, and
- thus make all sorts of silly restricting assuptions (like every
- SMTP mail recipient must have an account or alias on the
- gateway!).
-
- My own inclination is to junk PC-MAIL systems competely, and
- look for a decent POP client to run under your favourite user
- interface. You could easily cost justify a UNIX system as your
- mail server, by adding up the cost of your PC-MAIL package, its
- gateways to any of {UUCP,SMTP,dialin users,...} and keep in mind
- that it often costs you on a per user basis.
- --
- Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@zen.void.oz.au>
-
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