🚀 go-pugleaf

Hello,
I append an extract from an EARN/Bitnet memo that gives some information
and pointers for mailers and user agents. The whole document is available on
the Netserv file servers as MAILSOFT PRODUCTS.
Hope this helps,          /Nadine

----------------------------

4. UCLA/Mail
------------

Operating system: IBM MVS

Product type: MTA with some primitive UA capabilities

Description:

 UCLA/Mail (Copyright, Regents of the University of California) is a
 mail system for IBM's MVS operating system. It consists of a local post
 office, a TSO mail interface command, JES2 modifications, and
 UCLA/IPC-370 (Interprocess communications - cross memory).

 The local post office owns the VSAM file used to contain local mail. It
 uses UCLA/IPC-370 to communicate with the mail interface routines for
 TSO and WYLBUR.  The local post office also maintains a SNA/NJE
 connection to JES2.

 The SNA/NJE connection to JES2 allows the post office to simulate many
 of the attributes of a VM node.  Mail sent out on the network looks to
 VM nodes as if it were sent from a VM node.

 The TSO interface routines support sending and receiving mail services.
 They also check for unseen mail at logon, bypassing the user portion of
 the BRODCAST dataset search.

 The current TSO mail command operates in line at a time mode and
 provides basic MAIL functions.  These include bi-directional mail
 services from the terminal or files.  This basic interface also serves
 as a tool kit to build other interfaces with CLISTs and/or ISPF (see
 below).

 The JES2 modifications, mostly in IBM exits, control the flow of and
 mail/files in the NJE enviroment.  Routing of mail files to the post
 office via SNA/NJE is done by JES2.

Requirements:

  ASMH                          (V2 prefered, V1 and SLAC modification
                                work, too, ASMF doesn't)

  MVS/SP  1.3.0                 (3.3.1)

  JES2/SP 1.3.0                 (1.3.0 ok if source adjusted as $NHD
                                macro was changed by IBM) (2.2.15
                                current)

  ACF/VTAM                      (tested 3.1; other versions should
                                work) (ACF/VTAM V2 current)

  type 1 SVC                    (for IPC-370 -- dynamically installed,
                                no gen required.)

  TSO                           (ran under several versions of TSO and
                                TSO/E. Current is TSO/E Rel. 2)

Availability:

 UCLA/Mail is a copyrighted product of the Regents of the University of
 California and is available to degree-granting institutions for $250.
 The price for non-degree-granting institutions is $2000.

 There is no formal maintenance or support. New versions of UCLA/Mail
 may, however, be made available from time to time.

Contact:   UCLA Office of Academic Computing
           5628 Math Sciences Addition
           Los Angeles, California 90024-1557, USA
           Tel : +1 213 825 7424
           Email : Pete Nielsen <CSYSPCN@UCLAMVS> (technical contact)
                   CADYBXB@UCLAVMS (license contact)

Online information:  UCLAMAIL INFO from NETSERV
                     Listserv list:  UCLAMAIL at OHSTVMA


5. ISPF/Mail
------------

Operating system: IBM MVS

Product type: UA

Description:

 ISPF/Mail is a user interface to UCLA/Mail for users who are familiar
 with the standard IBM ISPF/PDF environment.

 ISPF/Mail is designed to be integrated into the PDF product. You will
 find a menu item to invoke ISPF/Mail in your ISPF/PDF primary option
 menu including an option to read a detailed tutorial for further
 information.

 Besides the ability of invoking ISPF/Mail via a menu chain, there is
 also a list of ISPF commands that you can enter on any menu inside
 ISPF/PDF:

 MAIL             Invoke the MAIL primary menu
 MAILBox or MB    Look into your mailbox index
 SENDMail         Compose a new message
 NAMES            Manipulate your nickname data set
 MRESUME          Resume a suspended SENDMail activity
 NOTEBOOK         Manipulate your notebooks
 MAILOPTS         Tailor your ISPF/Mail dialog behavior

 This ISPF dialog was developed at Bar-Ilan University, and is used as
 the user interface for UCLA/Mail (on top of the UCLA product). It is
 based mainly on CLISTs and ISPF panels and tables. The author hopes
 to find the time, at some point, to convert it to REXX and add some
 functionality (like true notebook processing).  This interface has
 become the ad-hoc standard interface for UCLA/Mail installations.

Requirements:

   UCLA/Mail (V1M3 or higher)
   TSO/E Rel. 2
   ISPF V2

Availability:

   This ISPF dialog is distributed on an as-is basis, without any
   warranty whatsoever to its correctness or to the results of its
   operation.

   The dialog is distributed as one dataset (ISPFLIB) for ease of
   installation, maintenance and mobility.

Contact:   Doron Shikmoni <P85025@BARILAN>
           Computing Center
           Bar Ilan University
           Ramat Gan
           ISRAEL
           Phone: +972 3 531 8783

Online information:


6. UCLA/Mail400
---------------

Operating system: IBM MVS

Product type: MTA and UA

Description:

 UCLA/Mail400 and ISPF/Mail400 are enhanced versions to support an
 X.400 gateway. This product has been developed at GMD Bonn as a
 cooperative effort between Softlab Munich and GMD Bonn sponsored by
 the Verein zur Foerderung eines deutschen Forschungsnetzes (DFN).

 UCLA/Mail400 is based on V1M4 of UCLA/Mail, and on Doron Shikmoni's
 ISPF user agent.

 Features that are not described by the phrase "general X.400 support"
 include:

- outgoing NETDATA format (originally developed by Lutz Weimann ZIB)
- bulletin boards
- RACF access checks

Requirements:

 See UCLA/Mail and ISPF/Mail.

Availability:

 Available from DFN-Verein.

Contact:   Martin Wilhelm  <WILHELM@ZPL.GMD.DBP.DE>
           DFN-Verein
           Pariser Strasse 44
           D-3000 Berlin 15
           Fed. Rep. of Germany
           Phone: +49 30 884299 30

Online information:


7. BEN
------

Operating system: IBM MVS

Product type: UA

Description:

 This ISPF Dialog and support routines was developed at UCLA to provide a
 convenient electronic mail interface to users who might not use a
 computer for any other reason.  The emphasis is on ease of learning and
 use rather than on "power".

 BEN provides support for:

    Normal mail operations:       Send, Receive, Reply, Forward, Print,
                                  Save

    Folders:                      Mail may be saved in folders, folders
                                  may be searched on contents. Mail
                                  contained in folders may be forwarded
                                  and replied to.

    Address Book:                 A fullscreen interface is provided to
                                  allow the user to update/maintain their
                                  NAMES.TEXT dataset of
                                  nicknames/distribution lists.

    Online Directory:             Users may interactively add/change
                                  their entry in the online directory,
                                  which may then be used by other users
                                  to find their electronic address.

    Included with the distribution is a Macintosh diskette containing a
    Microsoft WORD version of our users manual.

    BEN is less flexible than the ISPF dialog developed by Doron Shikmoni
    described below, but it is easier to learn for the non-PDF literate,
    and contains some features not available in that dialog.

Requirements:

   TSO/E Rel. 4

   ISPF V2.3

   BEN is built "on top of" UCLA/Mail, and the installation instructions
   assume that UCLA/Mail has already been installed on the system.

Availability:

   BEN is a copyrighted product of the Regents of the University of
   California and is available for a fee.

   If you obtain BEN from UCLA, you will automatically receive
   UCLA/Mail, and UCLA/Mail is included in the price quoted for BEN

   For non-degree-granting institutions, the price for BEN plus
   UCLA/Mail is $3000.

Contact: Pete Nielsen <CSYSPCN@UCLAMVS>:  University of California
         Phone: +1 213 825 7424           Office of Academic Computing
                                          5628 Math Sciences Addition
                                          Los Angeles, California 90024
                                          USA

Online information: