Re: What's the diff between Netware MHS and CCITT X.400 MHS?

Article View: comp.mail

Article #3

From: Carey Heckman
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 09:13

46 lines
2550 bytes

In article <kev.720757490@sol> kev@sol.acs.unt.edu (Kevin W. Mullet) writes:
>I'm confused.
>
>Our electronic-mail analyst says that Netware MHS has absolutely nothing
>to do with any kind of data communications protocol and is nothing more
>that a set of subdirectories.  

NetWare MHS is a set of software programs developed and marketed by 
Novell which provide a message transport system implementing the NetWare
SMF application program interface.  NetWare MHS runs on an IBM PC or
compatible client on a NetWare network.  A standalone version of NetWare
MHS is also available for use on IBM PC or compatibles accessing the
DOS file system instead of NetWare's.

NetWare MHS v2.0 (which should be shipping Real Soon Now) picks up
and delivers messages, handles gateways, supports a multi-server
directory service, and provides messaging system management tools.

BTW, NetWare Global Messaging is a Novell NetWare Loadable Module
product which also implements the NetWare SMF application program
interface.

Over 100 commercially-developed applications use the NetWare SMF
interface and therefore depend on NetWare MHS to deliver and
receive messages.

>Someone else tells me that Netware MHS has essentially nothing to do
>with CCITT X.400 MHS and that it would require some kind of gateway to
>talk between the two.

That's almost completely true.  NetWare MHS draws upon many of the
CCITT X.400 concepts, but NetWare MHS is a practical implementation which
has been in wide use for nearly five years.  Moving messages to and
from NetWare MHS and CCITT X.400 MHS requires either a gateway or
NetWare Global Messaging with the X.400 Protocol Access Module (also
due for shipment Real Soon Now).

>What's the scoop?  Is there any remote connection between these two MHSes?
>How does one talk between the two? Is Netware MHS really "just a bunch of
>that subdirectories?"  Did Greg really date Mrs. Brady? ...and what's 
>whole "nutty polster" thing about anyway????

Plenty of remote connections between the two are possible.  :-)

-----
Carey Heckman

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1992Nov3.091341.1867@leland.Stanford.EDU>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!ceh

References: <kev.720757490@sol>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Newsgroups: comp.mail,comp.sys.novell
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!ceh
From: ceh@leland.Stanford.EDU (Carey Heckman)
Subject: Re: What's the diff between Netware MHS and CCITT X.400 MHS?
Message-ID: <1992Nov3.091341.1867@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
References: <kev.720757490@sol>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 92 09:13:41 GMT
Lines: 46

Reply to Parent Message