DECUS Heritage

Version: 3.3, May 1993
Author: Matthew D. Madison
Submitted By: Hunter Goatley, Western Kentucky University
Operating System: OpenVMS VAX, OpenVMS AXP
Source Language: MACRO-32, C, BLISS-32
Keywords: Data Communications, Mail, Networking
Software Requirements: Optional: Encompass UUCP, TCP/IP, Jnet, DECnet
Memory Requirements: 17k Blocks
Notes: Installed with VMSINSTAL. Documentation provided in text, Bookreader, and PostScript formats.
Changes & Improvements: Added support for OpenVMS AXP. Added ability to send binary files. Added MXALIAS, for address nickname definitions. Lots more changes.
Restrictions: OpenVMS VAX or higher, OpenVMS AXP V1.0 or higher is required.

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Abstract: Message Exchange (MX) is electronic mail software for OpenVMS VAX systems running VMS V5.0 or later, including Open VMS V6.0, and OpenVMS AXP systems running OpenVMS AXP V1.0 or later. It supports Internet mail over CMU-OpenVMS TCP/IP, VMS/ULTRIX Connection, TGV MultiNet, Process Software's TCPware, and Wollongong's PathWay; BITNET mail over Jnet; and UUCP mail over Encompass UUCP. Also included is support for SMTP message transfers over DECnet and X.25 (using VAX P.S.I.). MX uses VMS Mail for local message entry and delivery, and includes support for mailing lists and mail-based file servers.

Features

• Users send and receive messages using VMS MAIL. Support for "signature" files is included in the VMS MAIL interface. Full support for automatic forwarding with the VMS MAIL SET FORWARD command is included. User-defined alias databases for e-mail addresses is supported. Binary files may be sent through MX to other VMS sites running MX, PMDF, or MultiNet.
• Provides SMTP (RFC 821) message transfers over CMU-VMS TCP/IP (aka CMU-Tek TCP/IP), DEC TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS (aka VMS/ULTRIX Connection, TGV MultiNet, TCPware from Process Software, and Pathway from Wollongong. Includes support for Internet domain system MX records. Also support SMTP over DECnet and X.25 (using VAX P.S.I.)
• Provides BSMTP message transfers with other BITNET mailers over Jnet, compatible with the CU Mailer package for VM systems. Fully supports BITNET-Internet gateways for non-Internet-connected systems. When combined with the SMTP support, can also provide a BITNET/Internet gateway service. (Not supported under OpenVMS AXP yet because Encompass UUCP has not been ported to AXP yet).
• Interfaces with Encompass UUCP to provide a single mail interface to all mail protocols. Can also gateway between UUCP and other networks. (Not supported under OpenVMS AXP yet because Encompass UUCP has not been ported to AXP yet).
• Provides a mailing list processor with automatic subscription requests. Mailing lists can be configured to restrict postings only to subscribers or list owners, and to restrict the automatic subscription handling. Internet mailing list conventions and a subset of LISTSERV commands are supported.
• Supports one or more file servers that can be set up by the system manager to handle automatic distribution of packages of files using mail as the distribution medium. Large transfers can be deferred to off hours, and daily per-user, per-system, and/or per-server limits can be placed on each server.
• Provides interfaces for a site-provided custom mail transport and custom address processing routines.

MX requires OpenVMS VAX V5.0 or later or OpenVMS AXP V1.0 or later. For TCP/IP support, MX requires CMU-TCP/IP V6.4 or later, DEC TCP/IP Services for VMS (UCX) V1.2 or later, TGV MultiNet V2.2 or later, or PSC TCPware. For BITNET support, MX require Jnet V3.5 or later. For UUCP support, MX requires Encompass UUCP V1.1 or later.

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Last Update: Thu Jan 11 18:43:06 1996