1 INFO-VAX	Sun, 28 Aug 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 479       Contents: Re: Adding users Re: Adding users! Re: CHARON-VAX freeware available  Fetchmail for VMS  Re: Fetchmail for VMS  Re: Fetchmail for VMS  Re: Fetchmail for VMS  Help a newbie with wasd  Re: Help a newbie with wasd B Re: Multiheaded ATI Radeon 7500 using both VGA and DVI connections Re: VMS as a SMTP client, Re: VMS Mail Clients for Hobbyist using DDNS  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:16:37 -0400 , From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@tekavvy.com> Subject: Re: Adding users + Message-ID: <43111071.C81CC404@tekavvy.com>    John Santos wrote:K > > ALL-IN-1 used its own account templates stored elsewhere and supplied a   D > Why store them elsewhere when they can be stored right in the UAF, > using existing mechanisms?    C Probably dates back to before ALL-IN-1 had direct access to the UAF D fields. It would have its own dataset with default UAF parameters toD apply for users of a particular profile. (you can have many profiles@ with different setup parameters and procedures for users of eachH profile).  While could could now do this directly now that it has directF access to the UAF, the existing procedures generate AUTHORIZE commands with all the qualifiers.    ? In the case of A1, remember that there are also many additional : parameters outside of the UAF for the actual ALLIN1 stuff.   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:06:11 -0400 , From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@tekavvy.com> Subject: Re: Adding users + Message-ID: <43111C0B.CE504056@tekavvy.com>    "Main, Kerry" wrote:G > Hence, the 10-15 minutes required to setup a Windows based utility to F > manage the OpenVMS resources *might* be worth it - especially if youI > have junior Operations and/or support staff that is used to Windows GUI  > mgmt utilities.     H Allowing a Windows platform access to security settings of a VMS systemsG would require a major political fights inside a mature corporation that F understands security. Your 10-15 minutes would be for hackers who wantC to undermine security by granting a windows box access to sensitive  security info on a VMS system.   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 18:55:00 GMT ( From: Alan Greig <greigaln@netscape.net>* Subject: Re: CHARON-VAX freeware available< Message-ID: <8G2Qe.46444$Il.22394@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>   Wayne Sewell wrote:     Q > Unfortunately, I found the kit unusable.  The files vaxsys.vdisk and user.vdisk   F These files use the same format as simh. So if you have a simh system I image just copy it to vaxsys.vdisk. Also if you  create an image file of  I an insallation CD (track record with Nero works on a PC anyway) and just  I an empty file for the system disk you should be able to install VMS that  I way. Although if you can just attach the CD from the Charon startup that  I should work as well. Charon will extend a 0 block allocation system disk  ? image as you install - IIRC that's what it does on a PC anyway.   > It does seem daft if the Itanium kit requires a PC to extrack.  Q > are provided as self-extracting executables for a *billybox*.  I decommissioned Q > my last physical billybox with great ceremony a couple of years ago.  I finally P > managed to create the files on the billybox emulation in the mac but they wereQ > created in some state that prevents me from getting them out of the emulation.  N > I get "no access" when I try to copy them to the common directory visible to7 > the outer mac, and ftp opens the file and then hangs.  > Q > For a kit destined for an alpha or itanium, wouldn't it make more sense for the N > self-extracting zip to be for alpha or itanium?  Why should we have to screwI > around with a billybox?  The rest of the kit is just a simple zip file.  > L > The fact that these files are required and I can't get them to the itanium > makes the whole kit useless. >  > Wayne Q > =============================================================================== P > Wayne Sewell, Tachyon Software Consulting  (281)812-0738   wayne@tachysoft.com= > http://www.tachysoft.com/www/tachyon.html and wayne.html    Q > =============================================================================== R > Jake Blues:"You traded the Caddy for a microphone? ...... Okay, I can buy that."   --  
 Alan Greig   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 12:54:04 -0700 + From: "Barry Treahy, Jr." <Treahy@MMaz.com>  Subject: Fetchmail for VMS' Message-ID: <4310C4DC.8050603@MMaz.com>   G I have a need for VMS to poll and fetch email from a pop3 mailbox.  In  H the Unix arena, there exists a tool called fetchmail.  Does anyone have A a solution like this for VMS?  7.2 with TCPware as the IP stack.     TIA    Barry    --    < Barry Treahy, Jr                     E-mail: Treahy@MMaz.com< Midwest Microwave, Inc.                  Phone: 480/314-1320< Vice President/CIO                        FAX:  480/661-7028  I                        ... but it's a DRY HEAT!                              ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:10:08 -0400 , From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@tekavvy.com> Subject: Re: Fetchmail for VMS+ Message-ID: <43111CF8.9CF73B77@tekavvy.com>    "Barry Treahy, Jr." wrote: > H > I have a need for VMS to poll and fetch email from a pop3 mailbox.  InI > the Unix arena, there exists a tool called fetchmail.  Does anyone have B > a solution like this for VMS?  7.2 with TCPware as the IP stack.  F I have a pop3 fetcher if you are interested. Not quite productised yetF but has been running for a few years.  Would there be interest in it ?  8 It used a simple indexed file to store the list of pop3 B host/username/password and vmsmail destinations.   I use ALLIN1 toE manage that file. Would I be expected to write some DCL to access/set B the data in that file ? Or woudl users find a way to populate it ?   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:30:50 -0700 + From: "Barry Treahy, Jr." <Treahy@MMaz.com>  Subject: Re: Fetchmail for VMS' Message-ID: <43113DFA.3010907@MMaz.com>    JF Mezei wrote:    >"Barry Treahy, Jr." wrote:  >    > H >>I have a need for VMS to poll and fetch email from a pop3 mailbox.  InI >>the Unix arena, there exists a tool called fetchmail.  Does anyone have B >>a solution like this for VMS?  7.2 with TCPware as the IP stack. >>     >> > G >I have a pop3 fetcher if you are interested. Not quite productised yet G >but has been running for a few years.  Would there be interest in it ?  > 9 >It used a simple indexed file to store the list of pop3  C >host/username/password and vmsmail destinations.   I use ALLIN1 to F >manage that file. Would I be expected to write some DCL to access/setC >the data in that file ? Or woudl users find a way to populate it ?  >    > G I just need to pop a single address into a single VMS mail account...   F It is more of a band-aid solution to a short term problem, so yes, if . you have something that'll work, yes please...   Barry    --    < Barry Treahy, Jr                     E-mail: Treahy@MMaz.com< Midwest Microwave, Inc.                  Phone: 480/314-1320< Vice President/CIO                        FAX:  480/661-7028  I                        ... but it's a DRY HEAT!                              ------------------------------  % Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:51:32 -0400 , From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@tekavvy.com> Subject: Re: Fetchmail for VMS* Message-ID: <431142C3.D2F214C@tekavvy.com>   "Barry Treahy, Jr." wrote:  G > I just need to pop a single address into a single VMS mail account... G > It is more of a band-aid solution to a short term problem, so yes, if 0 > you have something that'll work, yes please...    C OK, give me a couple of days to productize this. Can you send me an E email at jfmezei at vaxination period see eh ? I can then get back to  you when it's ready.   You have a C compiler ?    ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:55:13 GMT / From: Adam Stouffer <adam_stouffer@hotmail.com>   Subject: Help a newbie with wasd( Message-ID: <lb6Qe.1256$Re1.58@trndny04>  F Hello all, I'm a VMS newbie and I'm trying to get a basic http server I set up. The documentation for wasd is extensive but a bit confusing. The  G server is installed and running on a dedicated drive dka0. The default  B config uses dka0:[ht_root] for the document root. I would like it F changed to dka0:[httpd] instead. It looks like httpd$map.conf is what , needs edited but thats what I'm not sure of.  C Does anyone have a sample config they could post? I don't need any  I scripting because it will just serve flat html for a few friends. Thanks   for your time.     Adam   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:21:50 -0400 9 From: Brad Hamilton <brMadAhamPiltSon-at-coMmcaAstP.neSt> $ Subject: Re: Help a newbie with wasd0 Message-ID: <bu6dnfnoUtUTaI3eRVn-rw@comcast.com>   Adam Stouffer wrote:H > Hello all, I'm a VMS newbie and I'm trying to get a basic http server K > set up. The documentation for wasd is extensive but a bit confusing. The  I > server is installed and running on a dedicated drive dka0. The default  D > config uses dka0:[ht_root] for the document root. I would like it H > changed to dka0:[httpd] instead. It looks like httpd$map.conf is what . > needs edited but thats what I'm not sure of. >   G There is a mailing list for WASD - the folks there can probably answer   your questions more completely.   E > Does anyone have a sample config they could post? I don't need any  K > scripting because it will just serve flat html for a few friends. Thanks   > for your time.  E The default config file is pretty close to what's needed - I've only  $ needed to make a few additions like:   pass /* /web/*  ) to point to the "new" root (<disk>:[web])   / In any case, ask away on the WASD mailing list:   F Send a mail message to  info-wasd-request at vsm period com period au  specifying the command      SUBSCRIBE INFO-WASD    in the body of the mail message.   --   Bradford J. Hamilton "All opinions are my own" * "Lose the MAPS, and replace '-at-' with @"   ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 20:12:33 GMT * From: "FredK" <fred.nospam@nospam.dec.com>K Subject: Re: Multiheaded ATI Radeon 7500 using both VGA and DVI connections 3 Message-ID: <RO3Qe.11311$h13.6537@news.cpqcorp.net>   I That feature is currently down the list someplace, it's not clear when/if  it will be done.  2 "mjjerabek" <mjjerabek@gmail.com> wrote in message= news:1125129373.146083.242250@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... H > >From older posts I can see many people have asked for ATI Radeon 7500D > video support using both VGA and DVI connectors on this video card  > showing two separate displays. > C > I need this feature running on top of OpenVMS 7.3-2. Is there any F > possibility of having this feature added to the next GRAPHICS and/orE > UPDATE patch. Or will I have to upgrade to OpenVMS 8.2/8.2-1 to get  > this feature.  > H > Where I work we get many request for Multiheaded system, starting withH > 2 heads, and sometimes going upto 8 heads. With the number of slots inI > a DS15 for add-on cards, having both video connectors active, each card @ > displaying two separate screens, would make an 8 headed system > possible.  > F > Also, the cost of these cards from HP, compared to it's ATI/PC basedI > brother is high. If we are to use HP hardware for Multiheaded displays, ? > getting two screens out of each card is a great cost savings.  > D > HP OpenVMS Graphics Driver Developer!! All help will be gratefully > accepted.  >  > M. J. Jerabek  >    ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:04:19 GMT 1 From: Michael Austin <maustin@firstdbasource.com> ! Subject: Re: VMS as a SMTP client ; Message-ID: <7c7Qe.5105$u_6.378@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com>    JF Mezei wrote:  > anguel@web.de wrote: > A >>Is there a tutorial on how to get VMS to exchanging mail with a F >>provider using a modem? Say dialing out, sending outbound mail usingH >>SMTP-Auth, retrieving inbound mail using POP3, hanging up. I'm sure itF >>somehow can work. My machine is a Alpha running OpenVMS 7.3 and UCX. >  >  > http://www.hp.com/go/vms > H > and then look for the VMS online documentation , and then look for the# > TCPIP Services management guide.   > J > Dealing with outgoing PPP calls is not easy on VMS. It really expects to@ > be given a static IP (or DHCP client), so it isn't too easy toI > dynamically dial out, be given a random IP address and configure the IP  > stack on the fly.  > G > (It would be easier to get a router which has PP dial out capability, J > and which does NAT on the LAN side which would allow you to have a fixedK > IP address on the VMS machine which would make things MUCH easier on you.  >  > I > From the mail point of view. VMS TCPIP Services has a full fledged SMTP H > server that is able to handle incoming and outgoing mail. It does lack- > modern features though, such as SMTP-Auth.   > F > Fro a POP point of view, TCPIP Services has a POP server, but no POPH > client (to pickup mail on another machine). However there are some POPI > client software available here and there, I have one but never packaged  > it for distribution.  P see my post dated 8/21/2005 entitled: "VMS Mail Clients for Hobbyist using DDNS"   --   Michael Austin.    ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:05:32 GMT 1 From: Michael Austin <maustin@firstdbasource.com> 5 Subject: Re: VMS Mail Clients for Hobbyist using DDNS ; Message-ID: <gd7Qe.5106$u_6.198@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com>   / Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote: J > In article <%Q9Oe.276$rS4.96@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net>, Michael Austin   >>>>>>stuff removed>>>>>>>>>  	 >>Example . >>my server IP address is 66.143.34.40 (today). >>a reverse lookup of that address looks like:) >>adsl-66-143-34-40.dsl.ksc2mo.swbell.net , >>not xxx.firstdbasource.com  as it expects. >  > 8 > That is just plain wrong.  What should be done: see ifJ > xxx.firstdbasource.com translates to 66.143.34.40 and if so then accept H > the mail.  Anyone who does what you describe obviously understands so - > little that I would cease dealing with him.   Q unfortunatley that is still used as a means to "spoof" where the email is coming  O from.  Most companies (large and small) employ the afore-mentioned filter.  So  P you have to play their game or pay for static service with reverse-lookup etc...   >      JF and Phillip,   K The whole point of my post is that because it is DDNS and because I do not  P prefer (at this time) to pay for static IP with reverse-lookup etc... I can now K send email directly from my VMS box via SMTP-AUTHenticated through my ISP.  O Because it is authenticated, it tells their server I am authorized to use them  M as a forwarder - much like a POP client would use their server to send email.   L Prior to using this tool, I was unable to send to users at AOL (yeah, yeah, I don't get me started on that rat hole...) now I can... (just one example)    --   Michael Austin.    ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.479 ************************                            trieve of /disk$misc/decus/info-vax/2004_067.txt (107916 bytes) started.< >>> 226 Transfer completed.  103361 (8) bytes transferred.$ <<< CWD /disk$misc/decus/info-vax/1 >>> 250 Connected to /disk$misc/decus/info-vax.$
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