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BETA: New dial-in server package, POP3 server and mail processor
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Axel Mueller)
Mon Apr 15 14:28:16 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 05:35:19 GMT
From: amueller@stargate.rz.fh-offenburg.de (Axel Mueller)
Reply-To: amueller@stargate.rz.fh-offenburg.de (Axel Mueller)
Reply-to: amueller@stargate.rz.fh-offenburg.de (Axel Mueller)
Submitted by: amueller@stargate.rz.fh-offenburg.de (Axel Mueller)
Source: amueller@stargate.rz.fh-offenburg.de (Axel Mueller)
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SIDIS/2 - Small Internet Dial-In Server Package for OS/2
*** PUBLIC BETA TEST *** (until 05/30/96)
As you already may guess this software package is designed to give people
access to the LAN or Internet via a LAN connected PC and up to 4 (2 currently
tested) modems.
The SIDIS/2 package contains programs for 2 major areas:
- EMAIL SERVICES (POP3 server, mail processor)
- MODEM SERVICES (modem control, user access control)
You can obtain the package (165K) from:
- ftp://stargate.rz.fh-offenburg.de/sidis/sidis098.zip
- ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/os2/tcpip/???/sidis098.zip
- ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/network/sidis098.zip
- ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/tcpip/network/sidis098.zip
If you don't find the archive look in the incoming dir of the
respective FTP
server.
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*** Features ***
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ALL PROGRAMS
- ONE user database (OS/2 INI-file)
- Passwords stored encrypted in user database
- extensive user information stored in user database
- all programs operate in VIO mode meaning that they can executed in telnet
sessions
ACCOUNTS.EXE - Manage user accounts
MAIL.EXE - sorts incoming mail in user mailboxes (mail directories)
- stores mails encrypted; a maximum encryption size can be defined to avoid
system overload
- mail forwarding; if there is a forward address specified for the
recipient the incoming mail will be forwarded immediately.
The incoming mail can be kept (COPY FORWARD) or deleted (FORWARD).
- loop detection for mail forward; each mail forwarded will get a header
attached to it for information of the recipient and to prevent a mail
loop
- mail processor; if a mail for a special user ("system") comes in, a
program ("mailproc.cmd" - see there) is invoked to process this mail and
send out a response email immediately
- Maximum disk space allocated by emails can be defined as default for all
users or user specific (or both). If a email is coming in which would
exceed this disk space it will be rejected
- produces detailed log file in C:\TCPIP\ETC
POP3D.EXE - POP3 server
- supports all POP3 commands and extended POP3 commands (except APOP)
- decrypt mails before transmission
- supports INET server
- very robust - no problems with mailbox containing more than 1.000 mails
or with very large mails
- produces detailed log file in C:\TCPIP\ETC
MAILPROC.CMD - automatic mail processor
- implemented as REXX script and therefore highly configurable
- "help" mail as response to mails with incorrect syntax or to help
requests (see below)
- users can maintain their passwords and mail forward settings
themselves
- produces detailed log file in C:\TCPIP\ETC
- already implemented features:
change_password, forward_mail, forward_copy, stop_forward
*
USERCTRL.CMD - modem control/
user access control for dial-in users
- implemented as REXX script and therefore highly configurable
- this script runs once for each modem connected
- should work well with 4 modems (2 currently tested)
- produces detailed log file and connection log file in
C:\USERCTRL\LOG
RXPRF.DLL - provides user database access functions from REXX
- used by mail processor (MAILPROC.CMD)
- used by modem control script (USERCTRL.CMD)
RXIOCTL.DLL - provides asynchronous I/O functions from REXX
- used by modem control script (USERCTRL.CMD)
Axel Mueller amueller@stargate.rz.fh-offenburg.de 04/14/96
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