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Re: Email with RSTS
Sounds good to me. I know a real easy way of doing it, but would like to make
it a little better.
Alan Flippen wrote:
> Jim,
>
> There's already a provision in the RSTS MAIL program I wrote that can
> capture Internet-style addresses; I'm waiting for you and Gary to decide
> how it will work at the Unix end before finishing the implementation at the
> BASIC-PLUS end. Maybe we can consult on Saturday?
>
> Cheers,
> Alan
>
> At 03:07 PM 8/9/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >Now that we have rsts so that it can receive mail from the internet,
> >GREAT for getting programs to it!! Do we want to attempt a send to
> >internet email from RSTS? It is real easy with sendmail.
> >
> >We just need a way that we can create a file on the unix server. This
> >file needs only be a simple text file with the following:
> >
> > TO: duh
> > FROM: duh
> > REPLY-TO: duh.
> > SUBJECT: duh
> >
> >message text.....
> >
> >The mail program can be the an updated version the current mail program
> >that sends to our PPns. The only diff would be if the addresses had a @
> >in it, it would route to this email_out file, or better yet write to a
> >temp file then have the sim perform the "cat /delta/email_out |
> >/usr/lib/sendmail -t" command, then delete the temp file. The program
> >would put out PPn into the beginning of the Subject line for replies and
> >mailrsts@mcws.net into the reply-to field. The from would be [1,47] Jim
> >Stallings RSTS Simulator - Project Delta or whatever.
> >
> >I can do the coding to the mail program, but need to know advice on
> >getting the data to unix dasd, etc..
> >
> >In fact, the file really only needs the TO and nothing else. This text
> >file is then routed into my mail program as follows:
> >
> > cat /delta/email_out | /usr/lib/sendmail -t
> >
> >This will route the simple text file to sendmail and send it.
> >
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