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In article <1993Jan20.153833.10985@das.harvard.edu> sasaki@netop3.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki) writes:
>
>Currently getting email from the PCs to the university backbone involves
>going through three (or four, depends on how you count them) machines.
>The PCs are connected via a Novell network, and the university
>backbone is largely IP. The machines consist of an MHS postoffice, an
>MHS to SMTP gateway, and a machine to buffer between the gateway
>machine and the backbone.
>
>This setup is very slow and isn't very reliable.
>
>What are the alternatives? Are there any free or inexpensive software
>packages?

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.

The current versions are charon40 & pmail235, both available from a number
of FTP sites.

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