[Info-vax] VMS-based InfoServer

[Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing]

In article <4c5a1fc0$0$5992$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote:
>
>> Well, I read (and post, when I post) from a VMS system, and I'll keep on 
>> managing my mail on VMS until I can't anymore.
>
>
>Moving SMTP/POP/IMAP to my Xserve was a HUGE improvement for me.  The
>SMTP/IMAP software on VMS isn't ready for prime time with any long
>header line causing the SMTP reveiver to split the line, rendeing the
>header invalid, and causing the iMAP/POP to ignore the header and
>synthetize one, and this made any attachements unusable. A real pain.

I wouldn't know about the TCP/IP services POP/IMAP because I use PMDF,
with which I'm generally very happy.

>Dealing with CRTC proceedings, I would get many messages with long
>distribution list, and I ended up having to fire up DECW$MAIL to find
>the message, then copy the file name, use TPU to edit the file and fix
>the header that was broken by the TCPIP software and then hope that the
>IMAP server would serve the message properly.
>
>No more of that. The mail stores on unix may be primitive flat files,
>but at the end of the day, you don't have to go in there to fix poor
>software design.


Nor on VMS if you use good software.

-- Alan