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- From: todd@kastle.com (Todd A. Scalzott)
- Subject: Re: Novell to IP mail gateway
- In-Reply-To: tom@ohm.york.ac.uk's message of 21 Jan 93 18:40:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <TODD.93Jan26065745@todd.kastle.com>
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- Organization: Kastle Development Associates, Arlington, VA, USA
- References: <1993Jan20.153833.10985@das.harvard.edu>
- <1993Jan21.184021.18530@ohm.york.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 06:57:45 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.184021.18530@ohm.york.ac.uk> tom@ohm.york.ac.uk (Tom Whitehouse) writes:
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- > I'd recommend Pegasus Mail & Charon. Pegasus mail runs on PCs (and
- > Macs) attached to Novell networks. It delivers direct to users on the
- > same server and can inform users when new mail arrives. Charon is a
- > gateway which performs the Novell IPX <-> TCP/IP SMTP transport &
- > protocol conversions, it requires a dedicated PC (I use an old 286 with
- > no disk or keyboard to perform this function). It also requires the
- > cooperation of a "smart mailer" to forward mail to the final
- > destination (in my case, one of the campus Unix systems).
- >
- > I've been using the system for over a year now with great success and
- > it has proved to be very reliable. Charon can also provide LPR/LPQ
- > facilities enabling print jobs to be transferred between Novell & other
- > systems.
- >
- > Pegasus Mail is free, but the author charges for the manuals to support
- > further developments, etc. It is, however, quite easy to run & has
- > built-in help screens. Charon is free & comes with excellent
- > documentation.
-
- Any idea if Charon will work with mail systems OTHER than Pegasus mail,
- such as Lotus' cc:Mail?
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- Todd Scalzott, Systems Programmer todd@kastle.com
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