Lars Appel wrote:
>
> Mark guessed...
> >IIRC (and apologies if I'm omitting somebody), my Sendmail/iX package may
> >be the only freeware mail solution that gives you the ability to *receive*
> >e-mail on your 3000 as well as send it.
>
> Well, ahem, I am using the free 2-user version of Netmail/3000
> from www.3k.com for receiving HP3000-L in a dedicated intray. It
> is more mpe-like than sendmail (eg VPLUS config util) and also
> includes a terminal MUA (mail user agent) as well as POP server,
> the latter is what I use with my PC client...
>
> So there are at least two great & free SMTP packages out there ;-)

Well, I did include "IIRC" and "apologies".  :-)

Yes, Netmail/3000 is a fine and popular product.  But I believe that in
addition to the 2-user (mailbox) limitation, the free version doesn't allow you
to send e-mail from batch jobs.  At least that was the case when I looked at it
a long time ago.  Neither of those limits applies to Sendmail/iX.  In fact,
batch e-mail was the reason that I ported Sendmail/iX in the first place.

But Netmail/3000 definitely beats Sendmail/iX in terms of active product
development.  It's been a year and a half since I've had time to do any
Sendmail/iX updates.  :-(

- Mark "so many ports, so little time" Bixby