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Article #2259Re: WP Office <-> SMTP? (or MHS <-> SMTP)
From: hamish
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 00:45
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 00:45
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In article <1992Oct06.152037.15112@sidus.ocunix.on.ca>, phill@sidus.ocunix.on.ca (Phil Linttell) writes: > I'm looking for suggestions for gating WordPerfect Office (MS-DOS) mail to > Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) mail under UNIX. Specifically, the > host system is an Encore system running an 88open BCS/OCS implementation of > UNIX. WordPerfect Office does not appear to be scheduled to move to 88open > in the near future (currently on SPARC and SCO; RS6000 and HP700 under > development). > > A discussion with the WordPerfect gateway support department reveals that > a DOS WPO SMTP gateway is in beta and will be available 1Q93. In the mean- Your problems are over. Send some email to Quentin.Smart@bbs.actrix.gen.nz and inquire about his WPO<->SMTP gateway he wrote. Its shareware, and I don't know how much he charges for it, but it works, and I've seen it working. I've even sent files through it from a VAX Vomit Making System running WPO, to a PC charon gateway running SMTP. > time, it occured to me that if I could find some information on an MHS to > SMTP gateway for DOS, that I could use that in conjuction with the WordPerfect > office MHS gateway. I've already investigated an X.400 path to the Encore, > but am looking for a lower cost solution. > > So, does anyone have any suggestions on linking WPO to SMTP, I'd love to > hear them. I'll post a summary of responses. > > TC, Phil > -- > Phil Linttell, 5310 Canotek Road, Unit 16 > SCO Product Manager Ottawa, Ontario, K1J 9N5 CANADA > Sidus Systems, Inc. t. 613-749-1777 f. 613-749-3850 > phill@sidus.ocunix.on.ca "This is as real as your so-called life gets." - Q. -- ============================================================================== | Hamish Marson <h.marson@waikato.ac.nz> OS/2 | | Programmer (n/5), School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences | | University of Waikato, | | Hamilton, New Zealand. | |Disclaimer: Anything said in this message is the personal opinion of the | | finger hitting the keyboard & doesn't represent my employers | | opinion in any way. (ie we probably don't agree) | ============================================================================== Q. If Nuclear Tests are so safe, why don't the French do them under Paris?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!waikato.ac.nz!hamish From: hamish@waikato.ac.nz Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: WP Office <-> SMTP? (or MHS <-> SMTP) Message-ID: <1992Oct8.134544.11298@waikato.ac.nz> Date: 8 Oct 92 13:45:43 +1300 References: <1992Oct06.152037.15112@sidus.ocunix.on.ca> Followup-To: comp.mail.misc Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand Lines: 42