Posts: 47 Location: Windermere, UK Joined: 16.05.07
Posted on September 02 2008 21:31
What software can I use as an OpenVMS email client? Ideally I would like both graphical and text support, like an equivalent of thunderbird and pine. The 2nd is very useful when I can only get ssh access to my machine.
Posts: 47 Location: Windermere, UK Joined: 16.05.07
Posted on September 03 2008 04:29
Thanks for the help. Almost immediately after making the post it clicked that CSWB would support email, and I am using that quite happily. I'm using IMAP mailboxes, which I know Pine supports quite easily, so I'll probably look into a recent port - with the two I am replacing all the functionality I would normally require on my Linux box. It could be that I can switch to OpenVMS soon with no pain involved!
On a more nostalgic note I remember using All-In-One quite happily - it was towards it's end-of-life but I guess every feature that you could need had been integrated. I liked the text interface, and the powerful search facilities. Certainly at British Gas where I was contracting at the time when it was replaced there was a core of people mourning the loss of the more powerful features that did not appear in the microsoft replacements (certainly the fact that it was integrated made some tasks infinitely easirer).
I never came across the replacement - wasn't there a Compaq office suite? Is this available for IA64 under a hobby license?
malmberg August 04 2022 No more VAX hobbyist licenses.
Community licenses for Alpha/IA64/X86_64 VMS Software Inc.
Commercial VMS software licenses for VAX available from HPE.
ozboomer July 20 2022 Just re-visiting.. No more hobbyist licenses? Is that from vmssoftware.com, no 'community' licenses?
valdirfranco July 01 2022 No more hobbyist license...sad
mister_wavey February 12 2022 I recall that the disks failed on the public access VMS systems that included Fafner
parwezw January 03 2022 Anyone know what happened to FAFNER.DYNDS.ORG?
I had a hobbyist account here but can longer access the site.
gtackett October 27 2021 Make that DECdfs _2.1A_ for Vax
gtackett October 27 2021 I'm looking for DECdfs V2.4A kit for VAX.
Asking here just in case anyone is still listening.
MarkRLV September 17 2021 At one time, didn't this web site have a job board? I would love to use my legacy skills one last time in my career.
malmberg January 18 2021 New Hobbyist PAKs for VAX/VMS are no longer available according to reports. Only commercial licenses are reported to be for sale from HPE
dfilip January 16 2021 Can someone please point me to hobbyist license pak? I'm looking for VAX/VMS 7.1, DECnet Phase IV, and UCX/TCPIP ... have the 7.1 media, need the license paks ... thanks!
