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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

3308.0. "ALL-IN-1 -> X.400 -> MS-MAIL with attachments" by SWAM2::BARNETTE_NE () Tue Sep 21 1993 18:43

    
    Hello. I need help with the following problem:
    
    When I send an ALL-IN-1 mail message with an attachment to a
    Microsoft Mail user, the message shows up on the MS-Mail end
    with the attachment as part of the main message. In other
    words somewhere along the line the attachment loses its 
    "attachment-ness", and just gets glued to the message 
    as though it had never been an attachment at all.
    
    This happens with just plain ALL-IN-1 messages and attachments 
    created with the WPSPLUS or EDT editor.
    
    We have ALL-IN-1 IOS V2.4, Message Router V3.2 (S3.2-220),
    MRX V2.2G. We send to MS-Mail via a RETIX Open Server.
    (our VAX 6610 is running OpenVMS V5.5-2).
    
    I have no idea whether the concatenation takes place in
    ALL-IN-1, MRX or on the Retix. I have tried internal support
    but haven't had much luck.
    
    Any thoughts, help etc would be appreciated. Thanks!
    
    Neal Barnette
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3308.1It's after the OpenserverFORTY2::ASHMail Interchange Group, ReadingWed Sep 22 1993 10:3312
I think there may be another piece of software involved. You problem certainly 
won't lie in ALL-IN-1 (which CAN'T do what you suggest) nor MR nor MRX 
(ditto). But I believe that you need a gateway between the Openserver and 
MS-Mail. If MS-Mail cannot receive multiple-bodypart messages, then that 
gateway (most probably a Retix one, but there may be a MS one?) will have to 
concatenate them.

It's certainly in the area of Openserver->MS-Mail that you need to look.

There may be more expertise in the MAILbus conf if you need more help.

grahame
3308.2Maybe I don't have something set up right...SWAM2::BARNETTE_NEWed Sep 22 1993 16:4318
    
    There is, as you say, a gateway between the Retix and MS-Mail
    post-offices. The person who manages the Retix/gateway/MS-Mail
    side (who is not exactly a big fan of Digital) says that attachments
    from other mail systems seem to come through just fine, and it is only 
    mail from ALL-IN-1 that is a problem.
    
    This seems to be true as far as I can tell. Is there such a thing as
    an "industry-standard" attachment that my side (ALL-IN-1, MRX et al)
    isn't sending? Are there any MTA settings in MRX that I need to tweak?
    
    ALL-IN-1 attachments work, of course, when sent to other ALL-IN-1
    systems on the network. 
    
    Thanks,
    
    Neal
3308.3Ask in MailbusFORTY2::ASHMail Interchange Group, ReadingThu Sep 23 1993 11:479
I'd be surprised if it was just 'mail from ALL-IN-1' that was the problem. 
After all, it's actually from MRX, and it's well used to sending to any and 
all X.400 implementations. It does sound as if there may be a setup parameter 
wrong.

You should be able to get help in the MAILbus conference on Forty2 - both for 
MRX and the Retix stuff.

grahame