Chapter 6 - Using E-mail with OpenVMS and Linux

Abstract

E-mail protocols are evolving and continue to add functionality as they improve. Programs such as PINE are character-cell based but can send attachments, binaries, and run on both OpenVMS and Linux as clients. Other programs, such as Mozilla, also run on both OpenVMS and Linux but require an X Windows graphic display to work. Graphical displays give an e-mail window, where the character-cell clients allow one to telnet in from anywhere in the network and read mail. The important standards to check for configuring e-mail server include Post Office Protocol V3 (POP3). If the mail server supports this protocol, remote mail clients can be configured to download all mail/messages from the server to the client system; Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) that stores messages on the e-mail server for use by users from different locations from different clients. Both OpenVMS and Linux permit clients to have POP3 or IMAP access to their messages in the standard user accounts. E-mail services on the systems have to be activated, and the user accounts are integrated into e-mail. Remote e-mail clients can then be used to access these standard user accounts via POP3 or IMAP to access e-mail on both OpenVMS and Linux.