I think there was a gateway associated with one of the free mail severs... ... some of Lotus docs are still here
ftp://ftp.www.ibm.com/software/lotus/comm/ccmail/dev_tools/ Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Gavin Scott via > cctalk > Sent: 07 October 2020 16:22 > To: Tomas By <to...@basun.net>; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off- > Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: cc:Mail > > These may all be dead short-circuited neurons, but IIRC there was a cc:Mail > Gateway or Internet Gateway special product you needed to buy that would > run on a dedicated PC box (under DOS?) and would talk in turn to your > cc:Mail post office server and the 'net to exchange email messages in and > out. It had the semi-annoying habit of retaining plaintext copies of all > incoming or outgoing messages (one or the other, I forget which). There was > also some non-trivial configuration setup required on both the Gateway and > cc:Mail servers to explain all this to cc:Mail. I think there was some sort of > route name or gateway name specified with email addresses, possibly with a > comma after the internet address, but like I said those brain cells are almost > gone. > > On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 9:04 AM Tomas By via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > > And one more thing, > > > > Am wondering about the possibility of setting up an interface between > > modern Unix email and the embedded client for cc:Mail on the HP 200LX. > > > > Various versions of cc:Mail are available from archive.org and > > vetusware.com, but the missing link seems to be the "client" type > > connection from the cc:Mail post office to the internet, i.e. for the > > PO machine to connect periodically and collect mail, rather than just > > acting as a server. > > > > Have not been able to find much technical information about cc:Mail. I > > did see a Lotus development kit for sale somwhere but seems to have > > lost the link. > > > > Does anybody here know anything about this? Are there any books or > > technical documents on cc:Mail available anywhere? > > > > /Tomas
