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A N N O U N C E M E N T
The next release of PP will be available on December 20, 1991. This
release will be known as
PP 6.0
PP is a Message Transfer Agent, intended for high volume message
switching, protocol conversion, and format conversion. It is targeted for
use in an operational environment, but is also be useful for investigating
message related applications. Good management features are a major
aspect of this system. PP supports the 1984 and 1988 versions of the
CCITT X.400 / ISO 10021 services and protocols. Many existing RFC 822
based protocols are supported, along with RFC 1148bis conversion to
X.400. PP is an appropriate replacement for MMDF or Sendmail.
This is the second public release of PP, and includes substantial changes
based on feedback from using PP on many sites.
o PP is not proprietary and can be used for any purpose. The only
restriction is that suing of the authors for any damage the code may
cause is not allowed.
o PP runs on a range of UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems,
including SUNOS, Ultrix, and BSD. A full list of platforms on which
PP is know to run is included in the distribution.
o Current modules include:
- X.400 (1984) P1 protocol.
- X.400 (1988) P1 protocol.
- Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP), conformant to host
requirements.
- JNT mail (grey book) Protocol.
- UUCP mail transfer.
- DECNET Mail-11 transfer
- Distribution list expansion and maintenance, using either a file
based mechanism or an X.500 directory.
- RFC 822-based local delivery.
- Delivery time processing of messages.
- Conversion between X.400 and RFC 822 according to the latest
revision of RFC 1148, known as RFC 1148bis.
- Conversion support for reformatting body parts and headers.
- X-Window and line-based management console.
- Message Authorisation checking.
- Reformatting support for "mail hub" operation.
- X.500-based distribution list facility using the QUIPU directory.
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- FAX interworking
o No User Agents (UAs) are included with PP. However, procedural
access to the MTA is documented, to encourage others to write or to
port UAs. Several existing UAs, such as MH, may be used with PP.
o It is expected that a Message Store to be used in conjunction with
PP (PPMS), and an associated X-Windows User Agent (XUA) will
be released on beta test in first quarter 92.
o The core routing of PP 6.0 is table based. DNS is used by the SMTP
channel. The next version of PP will support Directory Based
routing, which may use X.500 or DNS.
o PP 6.0 requires ISODE 7.0.
o X-Windows release X11R4 (or greater) is needed by some of the
management tools. PP can be operated without these tools.
o Although PP is not "supported" per se (but see later), it does have a
problem reporting address:
RFC 822: [email protected]
X.400: S=PP-Support; OU=CS; O=UCL;
PRMD=UK.AC; ADMD= ; C=GB;
Bug reports (and fixes) are welcome.
o The discussion group [email protected] is used as an
open forum on PP; Contact
[email protected] to be added to this list.
o The primary documentation for this release consists of a three and a
half volume User's Manual (approx. 300 pages) and a set of UNIX
manual pages. The sources to the User's Manual are in LaTeX
format.
For more information, contact:
Steve Kille
Department of Computer Science
University College London
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
England
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DISTRIBUTION SITES
NIFTP
If you run NIFTP over the public X.25 or over Janet, and are registered in
the NRS at Salford, you can use NIFTP with username "guest" and your
own name as password, to access UK.AC.UCL.CS to retrieve the file
pp/pp-6.tar. The file <PP>pp-6.tar.Z is the tar image after being run
through the compress program (approx 3Mb).
FTP
If you can FTP to the Internet from outside Europe, then use anonymous
FTP to uu.psi.com [136.161.128.3] to retrieve the file pp-6.tar.Z in binary
mode from the isode/ directory. This file is the tar image after being run
through the compress program and is approximately 3Mb in size.
If you can FTP to the Internet from Europe, then use anonymous FTP to
archive.eu.net [192.16.202.1] to retrieve the file pp-6.tar.Z in binary mode
from the network/isode/ directory. This file is the tar image after being
run through the compress program and is approximately 3Mb in size.
EUROPE (tape and documentation)
For mailings in EUROPE, send a cheque or bankers draft and a purchase
order for 200 Pounds Sterling to:
Postal address: Department of Computer Science
Attn: Natalie May/Dawn Bailey
University College London
Gower Street
London, WC1E 6BT
UK
For information only:
Telephone: +44 71-380-7214
Fax: +44 71-387-1397
Telex: 28722
Internet: [email protected]
Specify one:
1. 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape, or
2. Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape.
The tape will be written in tar format and returned with a documentation
set. Do not send tapes or envelopes. Documentation only is the same price.
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EUROPE (tape only)
Tapes without hardcopy documentation can be obtained via the software
distribution service of the European UNIX User group (EUUG). The PP
6.0 distribution is called "EUUGD22 - PP (6.0)".
Postal address: EUUG Software Distributions
c/o Frank Kuiper
Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
Kruislaan 413
1098 SJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
For information only:
Telephone: +31 20-5924121
(or +31 20-5929333)
Telex: 12571 mactr nl
Telefax: +31-20-5924199
Internet: [email protected]
Specify one:
1. 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape: 130 Dutch guilders.
2. 800bpi 1/2-inch tape: 150 Dutch guilders.
3. Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-24 format): 190 Dutch guilders.
4. Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-11 format): 215 Dutch guilders.
If you require DHL, this is possible and will be billed through. Note that if
you are not a member of EUUG, then there is an additional handling fee of
300 Dutch guilders (please enclose a copy of your membership or
contribution payment form when ordering). Do not send money, cheques,
tapes or envelopes; you will be invoiced.
NORTH AMERICA
For mailings in NORTH AMERICA, send a check for 375 US dollars to:
Postal address: University of Pennsylvania
Department of Computer and Information Science
Moore School
Attn: David J. Farber (PP Distribution)
200 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6314
U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 215-898-8560
Specify one:
1. 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape, or
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2. Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape.
The tape will be written in tar format and returned with a documentation
set. Do not send tapes or envelopes. Documentation only is the same price.
AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND
For mailings in AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND,
1. If you already have ISODE 7.0, send a cheque for 100 dollars
Australian to the following address. You will recieve only the PP
manuals and a PP tape. Clearly specify on the cheque and
order that you only want PP 6.0.
2. If you do not have ISODE 7.0, send a cheque for 350 dollars
Australian to the following address. You will recieve a tape
containing both ISODE 7.0 and PP 6.0, together with manuals for
both ISODE 7.0 and PP 6.0.
Postal address: CSIRO DIT
Attn: Andrew Waugh (ISODE Distribution)
723 Swanston St
Carlton, 3053
Australia
For information only:
Telephone: +61 3-282-2615
Fax: +61 3-282-2600
Internet: [email protected]
Specify one:
1. 1600/3200/6250bpi 1/2-inch tape, or
2. Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape in either QIC-11, QIC-24 or QIC-150
format.
The tape will be written in tar format and returned with a documentation
set. Do not send tapes or envelopes. Documentation only is the same price.
FTAM on Janet or PSS
The source code is available by FTAM at the University College London
over X.25 using Janet (DTE 00000511160013), PSS (DTE
23421920030013) or IXI (DTE 20433450420113) with Transport
Selector 259 (ASCII encoding). Use the "anon" user-identity and retrieve
the file pp-6.tar. The file pp-6.tar.Z is the tar image after being run
through the compress program (3Mb).
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FTAM on the Internet
The source code is available by FTAM over the Internet at host
osi.nyser.net [192.33.4.10] (TCP port 102 selects the OSI transport
service) with Transport Selector 259 (numeric encoding). Use the "anon"
user-identity, supply any password, and retrieve pp-6.tar.Z from the
isode/ directory. This file is the tar image after being run through the
compress program and is approximately 3Mb in size.
Online Postscript
For distributions via FTAM, the file service is provided by the FTAM
implementation in ISODE 5.0 or later (IS FTAM).
For distributions via either FTAM or FTP, there are additional files
available for retrieval, called pp-6-ps-a4.tar.Z and pp-6-ps-us.tar.Z
which are compressed tar images (1.5MB) containing the entire
documentation set in PostScript format, for A4 and US paper respectively.
SUPPORT
A UK company has been set up to provide support for the ISODE, PP,
and associated packages: X-Tel Services Ltd. This company provides an
update service, general assistance and site specific support. This company
is closely associated with the development of PP.
Postal Address: X-Tel Services Ltd.
Nottingham University
Nottingham, NG7 2RD
UK
Telephone: +44 602-412648
Fax: +44 602-790278
Internet: [email protected]
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