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MULTINET(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       MULTINET(8)

NAME

       multinet - Connect to a Multinet* DECnet over IP server

SYNOPSIS

       multinet [options] <local-decnet-addr> <remote-host>

DESCRIPTION

       This  utility  creates a tapX device and copies all the DECnet packets from that over IP to a remote Multinet* server. It provides a way to
       connect a Linux box to a remote VMS machine over an IP-only network. Using Linux routing it should be possible to connect  DECnet  networks
       over the internet using this technique.
       local-decnet-addr DECnet node address of the tapX interface. This need not be the same as the address used on other interfaces but it might
       be less confusing if it is.
       remote-host IP address or host name of the remote Multinet server. If you send a HUP signal to the process it will lookup this name  again,
       so you don't need to restart the server if the remote node changes its IP address.

       *Multinet is a product, and probably a trademark, of Process Software.
	      http://www.process.com and is available free for hobbyist use.
	      The protocol used here was reverse engineered by Mark Berryman and Christine Caulfield.

OPTIONS

       -v     Be verbose and dump packet contents to stderr

       -1     Advertise as a level 1 router

       -2     Advertise as a level 2 router (default)

       -D     Make  the tapX device into the default DECnet device. This will force all traffic to non-local nodes down the Multinet link.  IMPOR-
	      TANT: Due to a kernel bug you should not use this option unless you are using a Linux kernel version 2.6.17 or later.

       -p priority
	      Router priority. Default is 64

       -P port
	      Port to talk to Multinet on (default is 700). Ony change this if you know the Multinet server is listening on a different port

       -m MTU Maximum size of packets. (default 576)

       -t secs
	      Timeout for IP connections. If no traffic is seen on the IP connection after this time then the daemon will attempt to restart it.

       -H hello timer
	      How often HELLO messages are sent (default 60) in seconds.

EXAMPLES

	 multinet -1 -D 3.2 zarqon.tykepenguin.com

SEE ALSO

       dnroute(8), ip(8)

DECnet utilities						   March 30 2006						       MULTINET(8)

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VMSMAILD(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       VMSMAILD(8)

NAME

       vmsmaild - mail daemon for DECnet

SYNOPSIS

       vmsmaild [options]
       Options:
       [-vVhfU] [-l logtype]

DESCRIPTION

       vmsmaild  is  a	daemon	that forwards incoming VMSmail (or mail11) message to Unix users.  It should be started at system boot time (after
       DECnet has been started) and must be run as root. It is recommended that you run vmsmaild from dnetd(8)
       The options below affect the behaviour of vmsmaild. If you are using dnetd then these options should  be  specified  in	the  dnetd.conf(5)
       file.

OPTIONS

       -l     Set logging options. The following are available:
	      -lm Log to /dev/mono. (only useful if you have my mono monitor driver or mdacon and a second monitor)
	      -le Log to stderr. Use this for debugging or testing combined with -d.
	      -ls Log to syslog(3). This is the default if no options are given.

       -v     Verbose.	The  more  of  these there are the more verbose vmsmaild will be.  Don't use more than one for normal operation because it
	      will seriously impair performance.

       -h -?  Displays help for using the command.

       -V     Show the version of vmsmaild.

       -f     Accepts mail send with the MAIL/FOREIGN command. Setting this option complicates the decoding of all  mail  message  quite  substan-
	      tially  because  the remote end thinks it is talking to a VMS machine that understands RMS file formats. Only use this option if you
	      really need it.

       -U     Don't check that the reply user exists when starting up. If you only want to use linux as a recipient of mail from VMS  systems  and
	      don't  want to create a vmsmail user then set this option. See the Documentation/mail.README file for more information on setting up
	      a mail gateway.

SEE ALSO

       decnet.proxy(5), dnetd(8), dnetd.conf(5)

DECnet utilities						 Decembet 26 2000						       VMSMAILD(8)
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