1 INFO-VAX	Sun, 15 May 2005	Volume 2005 : Issue 269       Contents:
 Re: anti-spam 0 Re: DCL How to find out if a certain file exist?0 Re: DCL How to find out if a certain file exist?+ Downgrading to DECnet IV and Pathworks V6.1 / Re: Downgrading to DECnet IV and Pathworks V6.1  Re: OpenVMS Pearl 7 Re: Slow screen update with cobol generated executables  Re: TCPIP rejection  Re: VMS MAIL personal name Re: VMS MAIL personal name( Re: Winning slogan for the License Plate  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 19:34:06 -0400 . From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> Subject: Re: anti-spam- Message-ID: <42868AE2.71F74E4A@vaxination.ca>   / Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:  > 4 > I'm investigating using anti-spam features such as > $ >    TCPIP> SET COMMUNICATION/REJECT > G > However, it appears that I can specify only 16 networks and 32 hosts.  > = > Is there a way to specify more in TCPIP 5.3?  In TCPIP 5.4?     5 SET COMM affects the whole stack, and every services. G SET SERVICE is done at the stack level, but only for a specific servive   F You may wish to investigate your options in the SMTP.CONFIG file whichD are SMTP protocol specific, and also allows you to use RBL services.  F The TCPIP manual , especially the section on SMTP services, as well asA the release notes for 5.3 are your friends here. Many of the spam H counter measures were added in 5.3 and document ed in the release notes.   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 15:16:35 -0700  From: Z <Z@no.spam> 9 Subject: Re: DCL How to find out if a certain file exist? + Message-ID: <6Nuhe.11533$i03.8026@fe06.lga>    pizmik@centrum.cz wrote:> > I would like to find all files, which have not backup copy. ? > I use f$search in cycle to search all files in the directory. _ > I wanted to use it again, inside cycle, to test, if file with other number of version exists.    Use ;* on the filespec.   G If you have more than one version of a particular file, the first call  H to f$search() will return the higher version, the next call will return  the next lower version.    ------------------------------  # Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 02:06:05 GMT  From: <reed@forge.cb.com> 9 Subject: Re: DCL How to find out if a certain file exist? < Message-ID: <h8yhe.2769$1A6.2642@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com>  G In article <200505141652.24654@centrum.cz>, <pizmik@centrum.cz> writes:  >From: <pizmik@centrum.cz>6 >Subject: DCL How to find out if a certain file exist?. >Organization: Info-VAX<==>comp.os.vms Gateway > = >I would like to find all files, which have not backup copy.  > >I use f$search in cycle to search all files in the directory.^ >I wanted to use it again, inside cycle, to test, if file with other number of version exists.Y >But f$search search files in sequence and using it inside a cycle will upset all script. \ >I try f$parse, but it doesn't test if file exists. It uses only template given in filespec.  B f$search("file.txt;-1") will tell whether there is another version   ------------------------------    Date: 14 May 2005 17:40:15 -0700 From: tomarsin2015@comcast.net4 Subject: Downgrading to DECnet IV and Pathworks V6.1C Message-ID: <1116117615.078902.310810@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>    Hello D After some arguement we decide to go from DECnet Plus back to DECnet< IV. Problem is now some of the Pathworks servers cannot beenE seen on the network. Its not all the systems, just the ones that went G from Plus back to IV. The VAXs and Alphas that where originally IV work F okay, ie we can browse map drives, but the old Plus come back with net2 work path not found, no domain servers found etc.  phii   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 22:11:28 -0400 $ From: "Chris" <an.other@not_here.ca>8 Subject: Re: Downgrading to DECnet IV and Pathworks V6.1; Message-ID: <7dyhe.49777$B82.1715585@news20.bellglobal.com>   K I would imagine that the computer accounts for those machines would need to A be removed from the domain controller and re-added with their new  identities.   + <tomarsin2015@comcast.net> wrote in message = news:1116117615.078902.310810@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...  > Hello F > After some arguement we decide to go from DECnet Plus back to DECnet> > IV. Problem is now some of the Pathworks servers cannot beenG > seen on the network. Its not all the systems, just the ones that went I > from Plus back to IV. The VAXs and Alphas that where originally IV work H > okay, ie we can browse map drives, but the old Plus come back with net3 > work path not found, no domain servers found etc.  > phii >    ------------------------------    Date: 14 May 2005 16:05:27 -0500- From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)  Subject: Re: OpenVMS Pearl3 Message-ID: <JmCmgcG1S2LW@eisner.encompasserve.org>   Z In article <118c992311goscd@corp.supernews.com>, Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> writes: > Larry Kilgallen wrote:] >> In article <118ai5dk3bv9cc1@corp.supernews.com>, Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> writes:  >>   >>  K >>>I'd think that Sue's poll for a licanse plate would have some chance of  J >>>getting participation from most of the visitors to this forum.  If so, L >>>and the number of voters toping out at around 500 is about 25% of what I K >>>would have expected.  If there are only 500 VMS bigots left, things are  . >>>worse than I thought (Ok, hoped) they were. >>   >>  I >> There is no rule that somebody liking VMS cannot also have a real job.  > K > What does that have to do with the number of people who show interest in  C > VMS?   I'd hope you aren't implying that having a 'real' job and  0 > participating in c.o.v are mutually exclusive.   In many cases they are.    ------------------------------   Date: 14 May 2005 23:28:55 GMT$ From: "Doc." <doc@openvms-rocks.com>@ Subject: Re: Slow screen update with cobol generated executables6 Message-ID: <Xns9657FBDA5401dcovmsrox@212.100.160.126>  E %NEWS-I-NEWMSG, William Webb wrote in news:8660a3a1050513071011bffa24  @mail.gmail.com   G > I worked at an agency where certain small locations used satellite as D > a backup means of communication.  And for character-based input onE > VTs, EACH CHARACTER had to go up to the satellite, back down to the F > VMS system, back up to the satellite, and then down to the VT in the > remote location. > D > There should be another word for this as it goes beyond latency...  4 I believe it is a relative of Chinese Water Torture.     Doc. --  G OpenVMS:     Eight out of ten hackers prefer *other* operating systems. G http://www.openvms-rocks.com    Deathrow Public-Access OpenVMS Cluster.    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 18:35:14 -0400 . From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> Subject: Re: TCPIP rejection- Message-ID: <42867D19.C3547945@vaxination.ca>   / Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:  > 8 > In article <428576B0.158544DE@vaxination.ca>, JF Mezei) > <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> writes:  > K > > and the SMTP configuration file in TCPIP$SMTP_COMMON: directory also as ' > > the good clients bad clients lists.  > F > Why don't I have a configuration file in this directory (TCPIP 5.3)?  F I think that it is optional. It contains optional configuration stuff,D like which RBL you want to use, list of good, bad clients, and which4 domain you consider to be "local" to allow relaying.  D (eg: allow any client in yur domain to use your SMTP server to relay mail to the outside world)    J > I have a cluster.  Each node has its own system disk.  TCPIP$SMTP_COMMONH > points to SYS$SYSDEVICE:[SYS0.TCPIP$SMTP].  Is there any reason not toE > define this on each node to point to a really common directory on a = > non-system disk, such as the one where I have SYSUAF etc?     G You may have problems with logfiles since their names are not tied to a H node and would reside in the same directory and thus you'd have multipleE versions growing at the same time and no way of knowing which version  belongs to which node.   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 14:57:33 -0400 # From: "John Smith" <a@nonymous.com> # Subject: Re: VMS MAIL personal name , Message-ID: <T9edndLokcG-1xvfRVn-3w@igs.net>  / Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote: F > It appears that within VMS MAIL, the personal name is displayed whenE > reading the message in VMS MAIL and also in the terminal broadcast.  > F > However, when sending via VMS TCPIP to another VMS machine, it seemsH > that the personal name gets lost.  However, when sending via VMS TCPIP; > to a non-VMS machine, the personal name doesn't get lost.  > E > If the personal name is set, I would like it to be used always.  It H > appears to be used within VMS MAIL (for message display and broadcast)H > and when mail is received by a non-VMS machine via TCPIP.  However, it* > appears to be lost for VMS-to-VMS TCPIP. > = > Is this a bug or do I have something improperly configured?  > F > Another hack, of course, is to define TCPIP$SMTP_FROM to include theD > personal name as well as the email address.  However, this doesn'tF > seem like a nice solution to me, and if the personal name is defined# > as well, could lead to confusion.  > E > What does RFC822 say about the form of the From: header and what is  > acceptable in practice?     # http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0822.txt   C  Section 3.4.10.  NETWORK-SPECIFIC TRANSFORMATIONS may be relevant.    --F OpenVMS - The never advertised operating system with the dwindling ISV base.    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 19:31:22 -0400 . From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca># Subject: Re: VMS MAIL personal name - Message-ID: <42868A3E.7C9847D5@vaxination.ca>   / Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote: F > Another hack, of course, is to define TCPIP$SMTP_FROM to include the/ > personal name as well as the email address.     G Won't work.  This is expected to be the routable email address which is D also used in the SMTP protocol. And RFC822 From:  isn't valid in theE SMTP protocol (MAIL FROM:) command, and the SMTP software isn't smart E enough to parse a display name to extract the routable email address.   H And with 5.3 on VAX, at least, VMS MAIL doesn't display the display nameB in the VMS Mail header, only the routable email address (eg: From:! SMTP%chef.pierre@chocolate.com" )   A I just sent myself an email via SMTP, and the personal name in my D VMSmail profile did make it all the way around, and that is also the) case with mail sent to the outside world.    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 15:02:30 -0400 # From: "John Smith" <a@nonymous.com> 1 Subject: Re: Winning slogan for the License Plate , Message-ID: <MZidnReEdOfQ1hvfRVn-iQ@igs.net>   Tom Linden wrote: D > On 13 May 2005 20:00:33 -0700, AEF <spamsink2001@yahoo.com> wrote: >  >>% >> susan_skonetski@hotmail.com wrote:  >>> Dear News group, >>> G >>> I just sent the following out, if you want to see the license plate C >>> just send me email or my bet is Ken Farmer will post the draft.  >> >> Yep!: >>< >> http://www.openvms.org/stories.php?story=05/05/12/0977641 >> >> [...] >> > H > Reminds me of one I got from Mad Dog at Decus (1995?) in Washington DC$ > http://www.kednos.com/img_0351.jpg    I On the OpenVMS plate, I'd have replaced the words "Live Free Or Die" with  "Not Available In Stores".   --F OpenVMS - The never advertised operating system with the dwindling ISV base.    ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2005.269 ************************