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I was recently tasked to step in and complete the task of setting up an SMTP
Gateway for Microsoft Mail.  I have had the joy of discovering the meaning
of the statement:  "The one nice thing about standards is that there are
so many from which to choose!"

The gateway is now functional.  The problem is now to make users who exist
only in the SMTP world to appear accessible to the "rodent" crowd.  What
I would like (actually need) to have is the SMTP addressee appear in all
mailing lists as if they were a Macintosh or PC user.

The SMTP Gateway is logically/physically attached to a NetWare LAN.  If I
define the SMTP users on the gateway's server, the SMTP users are only known
to local postoffices that use the same server.  It's ridiculous to have to
re-enter all the SMTP user names at each postoffice.

Even finding a mechanism to flood the SMTP user names through the postoffices
on the NetWare LAN, does not solve the problem.  The names are not passed
through MSGATE from the PC environment to the Macintosh environment.  I suspect
the problem is the mail address syntax--User@host.domain could lead to a
giant "Mac Attack" when let into an environment that is expecting to see
McUser@McPostoffice.

Is there a resolution to this problem?  Is there an undocumented but function-
aly equivalent capability to define a ".forward" for Microsoft Mail or Network
Courier?  Does anyone have an Internet mail address for Microsoft or Consumers
Software where I can reach someone knowledgeable about the product?

If you have any suggestions would you forward them to mcc@WLV.IIPO.GTEGSC.COM.
Unfortunately with my current work load I seldom have enough time to use
"rn" and keep abreast of the various news groups.

Thank you.

Merton Campbell Crockett
GTE Government Systems ED/IIPO
mcc@WLV.IIPO.GTEGSC.COM

Ps:  As a thought, does anyone know of a product that runs under 2.11/4.3
     BSD that can interface with Microsoft Mail by looking like an "external
     postoffice"?  It would be easy to "fake" things from there.