Jim Phillips wrote:
>
> I have downloaded the Sendmail port from bixby.org (thanks, Mark!) and have
> a couple of questions:
>
> 1)  Mark says: "Upload those files [the tar'd files I just got from above]
> to your HP 3000 in an 8-bit clean bytestream manner"
>
> What exactly does that mean?  More explicitly, I have these files on my PC.
> How can I get them to the HP 3000 using the Minisoft MS92 termulator?  Or is
> there some other way (such as FTP)?

Snipping from the WebWise secure web server chapter in
http://docs.hp.com/mpeix/pdf/32650-90897.pdf:

C:\TEMP> ftp your3000.host.name
Connected to your3000.host.name.
220 HP ARPA FTP Server [A0009C04] (C) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1990
User (your3000.host.name:(none)): MANAGER.SYS
331 Password required for MANAGER.SYS. Syntax: userpass
Password:********
230 User logged on
ftp> quote TYPE L 8 (also known as "local8" or "tenex" or "bytestream" mode)
200 Type set to L (byte size 8).
ftp> put file.tar.Z /tmp/webwise-A0100.tar.Z
200 PORT command ok.
150 File: /tmp/webwise-A0100.tar.Z opened; data connection will be opened
226 Transfer complete.
4400482 bytes sent in 74.00 seconds (59.47 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> quit
221 Server is closing command connection

I do all my PC->3000 uploading with the MS command line ftp client.  The key
concerns are:

1) A "binary" type of transfer must be used that does not transform CR or LF
characters (via "quote type L 8" above)

2) The resulting 3000 file should be a bytestream file (via "quote type L 8"
above).

I'm not a MS92 user, so I don't know if you can do 1) and 2) with the terminal
emulator's native file transfer method.  1) I think is almost certain, but 2)
might be trickier.

> 2)  Under System Requirements it says I need a Domain Name Server.  How do I
> go about setting this up?  I have a couple of NT servers that I could use
> for this (if needed) or can I set DNS up on the 3000.  We do not use DNS now
> for anything.

The /etc/resolv.conf file on your e3000 needs to contain the IP address of one
or more DNS servers.  You could run your own DNS server on NT, or you could run
your own BIND/iX DNS server on your 3000, or you could perhaps use your ISP's
DNS server.

Hmmm, yes, it does appear you're not currently using DNS for much (this was
cut/pasted from Linux, but I could have done this on MPE with
/BIND/PUB/bin/nslookup):

[mark@odo mark]$ nslookup
Default Server:  odo.bixby.org
Address:  207.151.46.201

> set type=ns
> thermolink.com
Server:  odo.bixby.org
Address:  207.151.46.201

Non-authoritative answer:
thermolink.com  nameserver = aspendos.efe.net
thermolink.com  nameserver = onecom.com
thermolink.com  nameserver = examplens1.plugh.com

Authoritative answers can be found from:
aspendos.efe.net  internet address = 208.4.223.99
> lserver aspendos.efe.net
Default Server:  aspendos.efe.net
Address:  208.4.223.99

> ls -d thermolink.com
[aspendos.efe.net]
$ORIGIN thermolink.com.
@                 1D IN SOA     @ postmaster.onecom.com. (
                                1999081301 ; serial
                                6H         ; refresh
                                1H         ; retry
                                1w1d       ; expiry
                                1D )       ; minimum

                  1D IN NS      aspendos.efe.net.
                  1D IN NS      onecom.com.
                  1D IN NS      examplens1.plugh.com.
                  1D IN MX      10 mail.onecom.com.
                  1D IN SOA     @ postmaster.onecom.com. (
                                1999081301 ; serial
                                6H         ; refresh
                                1H         ; retry
                                1w1d       ; expiry
                                1D )       ; minimum


> 3)  Any other tips, hints, and/or tricks for using Sendmail will be greatly
> appreciated.

By far the NUMBER ONE issue for getting sendmail running is making sure your
e3000 is properly known to a DNS server as explained on the Sendmail/iX page
http://www.bixby.org/mark/sendmailix.html under "System Requirements".

- Mark B.