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Conference makrel::pmdf

Title:	Innosoft PMDF (e-Mail Interconnect)
Notice:	This is an information forum, not an official support channel.
Moderator:	THEBAY::WIEGLEB

Created:	Wed Jul 17 1996
Last Modified:	Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	37
Total number of notes:	94

35.0. "PMDF-LAN,PMDF-X400 and user Agents." by QCAV01::KRISH () Wed May 14 1997 04:54

Hi :

	We are exploring the possibility of using the PMDF components
on Openvms 7.1.
We have mails coming from pc's through (Ms Mail,cc Mail) and through X.400.
We understand that PMDF has the following components,


PC Clients		X.400 Clients
    |			     |	
    | PMDF-LAN	             |PMDF-X400		
    |		             |		 
----------------------------------------------
		PMDF-MTA
-----------------------------------------------
    | 
    | PMDF-ACCESS
    |
User Agents

We understand that user agents are to be written over the components
PMDF-LAN and PMDF-X400 to ,say receive mails sent through MS-Mail
or to receive mails coming from x400.
Do we require PMDF-ACCESS to write this user agent ?
Are API's available to program at this level ?

Pointers are Welcome
T@qca.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
35.1	It's not PMDF Access	NQOS01::ras8.wro.dec.com::WORKBENCH		`Wed May 14 1997 13:58`	18
	Now I'm not the authority on Innosoft's product line, but to my knowledge PMDF Access is not used for anything to do with user agents, nor is any of their software to my knowledge. The "access" is just that--allows another machine to access the PMDF MTA/MR, similar to using a remote Message Router if you're familiar with that. Find out who their customer is and send some sales force in there to save them while there's still time. I was unaware that one could even write a user agent "over" an MTA application. Sell them an assessment!!! There are already enough user agents out there being used and one should not have to re-invent the wheel. If you still want to write a user agent (a non-trivial task I might add), I am not aware of Innosoft's API to such. You can call them directly to inquire--they'd be happy to help (818.916.3900 is the number if I'm not mistaken). Jesse
35.2	Innosoft Contacts	GOBUCS::COOLEY	Megan and Michelle's Daddy	`Thu May 15 1997 10:46`	9
	Innosoft has an API for PMDF. The manual is not given out unless requested. (You have to know about it before you can find out about it.) But they shouldn't need to write user agents. Contact [email protected] (Sales) or [email protected] (tech support), or point them to http://www.innosoft.com? David Barnett (posted by Warren Cooley)