Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!think!ames!sdcsvax!ncr-sd!matt From: matt@ncr-sd.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Using Sendmail and MMDF on the same host Message-ID: <1928@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 21:14:41 EST Article-I.D.: ncr-sd.1928 Posted: Fri Dec 4 21:14:41 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Dec-87 06:35:40 EST References: <3047@phri.UUCP> Reply-To: matt@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Matt Costello) Organization: NCR Corporation, Rancho Bernardo Lines: 32 Keywords: PMDF phonenet Summary: Use pmdf-master and sendmail In article <3047@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: ... talking about using MMDF with sendmail ... > Lacking that, anybody know of a phonenet module I can just plug >into sendmail? My current plan is to graft the mmdf phonenet stuff into >sendmail, but if somebody has already invented that wheel, (or proven it >impossible) I'd like to know about it. Get the PMDF distribution, in particular the program called pmdf-master. This program calls up another host using the phonenet protocol and then delivers mail in both directions. It spools mail into a directory, with one message per file. The format of the files are quite simple and can be easily generated/decoded with a simple program. I know this from experience since NCR does exactly this to exchange mail with the CSNET relay machine. The implementation delivers rfc976 mail to pmdf-send which converts the message to rfc822 before storing the message in PMDF format. Pmdf-master is executed from the crontab or on demand to exchange mail with relay.cs.net; once finished pmdf-rcv converts the incoming messages from rfc822 to rfc976 and hands them off to our MTA. The PMDF distribution tape is available from Ned Freed at Harvey Mudd College (for $50?), or from CSNET for members of CSNET. The only program from the distribution that NCR uses is pmdf-master. The two conversion programs are available but will be real easy to write since you will not have to convert random rfc976 messages to legal rfc822. Disclaimer: I'm no spokesman for NCR, I just built the thing. -- Matt Costello+1 619 485 2926 {sdcsvax,cbosgd,pyramid,nosc.ARPA}!ncr-sd!matt