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I think most everyone on the list is aware that Link to SMTP 6.00.00 is coming out by the end of the year. However, I still have to recommend IMA at this time, especially for customers that do not yet own an SMTP gateway. IMA is a tried and true solution. Note that GSS is NOT a reseller and that, unlike other firms, we make recommendations based on the best technical solution and the best value for the customer.
Because a product comes in a yellow box doesn't make it the best solution. In my view, Lotus' track record on link products is poor at least insofar as they can take 3-4 years between versions and thus cannot keep up with important standards in the marketplace. Arguably, customers are better off with 3rd party products in general.
I'll test the 6.00.00 product when it ships and report the bugs to Lotus as I do with all the ".00.00" products. If they've done everything right in 6.00.00 we can hope to have a solid product that I can recommend for customers as a lower-cost upgrade to Link to SMTP by end of the first quarter, 1997.
If you have Link to SMTP 2.x now, try evaluating Link to SMTP 6 in a test environment or just wait until Q2 '97 to make a choice. Otherwise, call Central House (209-245-5900) and buy IMA Internet Exchange.
I don't know about the countless self-proclaimed 'e-mail consultants' and 'gurus' out there but at GSS we only recommend solutions that we know will in fact work reliably and perform well in production now.
Ron--
Subject: Re[4]: SMTP Gateway again
Author: "cc:Mail Interest Group" <CCMAIL-L@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU> at INTERNET
Date: 11/27/96 1:51 PM
The cc:Mail Link to SMTP R6 will ship at the end of this month. Briefly, some of the features include:
cc:Mail Link to SMTP fully supports the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) protocol, ensuring state-of-the-art interoperability with other messaging systems.
cc:Mail Link to SMTP runs as a native Windows NT application, offering high performance, multi-threaded operation, and easy configuration.
cc:Mail Link to SMTP supports both MIME and uuencode/uudecode standards for the exchange of multi-media messages containing text and file attachments. Macintosh file attachments are handled using the Applesingle format, version 2 or later.
Link to SMTP supports RFC-1154 and RFC 1521 protocols for encoding attachments.
cc:Mail Link to SMTP 6 can use any WinSock-compliant TCP/IP stack, including the stack that is included with Windows NT.
Finally, cc:Mail Link to SMTP Release 6 supports both Release 5 (DB6) and Release 6 (DB8) post offices.
The product data sheet should be posted to the cc:Mail home page (www.ccmail.com) sometime in early December.
Subject: Re[3]: SMTP Gateway again
Author: "cc:Mail Interest Group" <CCMAIL-L@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU>
Date: 11/27/96 10:36 AM
Absolutely! MIME is the standard for Internet e-mail and S/MIME will be rapidly adopted. We've seen the cycle of RFC generation and widespread adoption systematically shorten and I expect this to continue.
Lotus challenged the importance of MIME 3 years ago just because they couldn't add MIME support to their legacy DOS SMTP gateway. This had nothing to do with the importance or viability of MIME. One of the main issues was that Lotus already handled files across platforms within their system so MIME didn't add anything on the cc:Mail side. But really, 3 years ago, it was a de facto standard already.
At this point, it would be seriously mistaken to believe that Lotus' historical downplaying of MIME (to cover their own inadequacy) reflects the reality of the net today. Lotus is and will either fully support MIME or get out of the SMTP gateway business.
Ron--
Subject: Re[2]: SMTP Gateway again
Author: "cc:Mail Interest Group" <CCMAIL-L@LISTSERV.OKSTATE.EDU> at INTERNET
Date: 11-26-96 09:25
Several things.... a quick comment and a few questions. As to the initial question about Mime, I think you will find it is much more widely used now than it was 2 years ago when you first tried it, and it seems to be the direction in which everyone is going. S-Mime, which is the standard for secure exchange over the Internet seems to be the standard that most vendors claim the will be supporting.
Now to the questions. How much mail are you routing through the Notes SMTP MTA daily? Did you need to make any hardware changes/upgrades to support the new MTA?
Jim Tidmarsh
We use Lotus Notes' new products for transporting mail to our different mail environments. Lotus came out with Message Transport Agents (MTA's) for CCMail, Notes Mail, and UNIX (SMTP) Mail. These MTA's are installed on a Notes Server and they can be configured to transport messages between the different mail environments. It does require the ability of configuring a Notes Server and further more the ability to configure the MTAs to work with your environment. We installed this new INTERNET e-mail gateway Notes server on an Windows NT system that had replaced our former IMA server. There had been a few "road blocks" that we had to overcome, but with hard work and time we are pleased with our results.
I hope this gives you some feedback on alternatives.
Subject: SMTP Gateway again
Author: MCDERMOM@MEAUST.MEAP.COM at ABNAMRONA
Date: 11/26/96 2:23 PM
Hi,
I have used the cc:mail link to smtp and the IMA smtp gateway for internet email.
Are there any others out there which will run on a Windows or DOS pc that are good products and a little cheaper than the 5700AUD IMA product.
I guess a valid question is, just how important is MIME support ?, we used the cc:Mail link to SMTP v2 2 years ago and found that this was not really a great problem, but the hanging was. If this (mime) is going to be or has become a widely used standard then we should be using a product that can handle it.
Any suggestions appreciated
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Mitsubishi Electric Australia
348 Vitoria Rd Rydalmere 2116 Sydney, Australia
61-2-9684-7297 mcdermom@meaust.meap.com
61-2-9898-0484 mcdermom%meaust#%forwarder@mi-mail.geis.
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