Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!wjh12!genrad!decvax!decwrl!amd70!fortune!wdl1!wunder From: wunder@wdl1.UUCP (wunder ) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: VMS/UNIX mail transfer - (nf) Message-ID: <329@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 14:25:39 EDT Article-I.D.: wdl1.329 Posted: Wed Jun 20 14:25:39 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 01:07:55 EDT Lines: 54 #R:elecvax:-24600:wdl1:17100002:000:2296 wdl1!wunder Jun 20 10:26:00 1984 For transfers between Unix, VAX/VMS, RSX, etc. I reccomend KERMIT. It is a reasonably fast, and stable (doesn't hang). Recent versions have a server mode, so that you can call up and do business with your KERMIT, just like uucp (well, almost). We get KERMIT file transfers at ~6000 bits/sec over a 9600 baud line, compared to FTP/TCP/IP/DDCMP file transfers at ~8000 bits/sec over 9600. For more info about KERMIT, get in touch with Frank da Cruz at Columbia University computer center. It is worth bringing up KERMIT. It is good stuff, and available for anything from an Apple II to a CRAY X-MP. Here's the most recent scoop on getting KERMIT: Date: Fri 15 Jun 84 12:00:00-EDT >From: Frank da CruzSubject: New Kermits, How To Get Them To: Info-Kermit This issue of the Info-Kermit digest contains announcements of several new KERMITs. For the benefit of those who are new to the Info-Kermit list, and to refresh the memories of those who aren't, here's how to get the KERMIT files: ARPANET/Internet Use FTP, connect to host COLUMBIA-20, login as user ANONYMOUS with any non-null password, and GET (or MULTIPLE GET) the files you're interested in. Anonymous FTP access to COLUMBIA-20 is allowed only after 6:00pm and before 6:00am. CCNET (DECNET hosts at Columbia, CMU, CWRU, NYU, Stevens, and (soon) Vassar): Use NFT to COPY the desired files from CU20B::KER:. If you're on a VAX, just use the COPY command. Specify /USER:ANONYMOUS. If CU20B does not grant you anonymous access, ask your system manager to get the files. BITNET: On an IBM VM/CMS system, type the command SMSG RSCS MSG CUVMA KERMSRV HELP to get instructions for how to use the Kermit server at host CUVMA. There is usually a delay between the announcement of a new version of Kermit and its availability on BITNET, because each file has to be painfully screened and possibly processed to fit the requirements of our RJE link. Other networks like USENET, MAILNET, etc, or if you're not on a network: Send mail to Info-Kermit-Request@COLUMBIA-20, or to: KERMIT Distribution Columbia University Center for Computing Activities 612 West 115th Street New York, N.Y. 10025 and we'll send you flyers explaining how to order a distribution tape.