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Title:Microsoft Exchange Server
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Moderator:FLASK2::SYSTEM
Created:Fri Feb 17 1995
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Thu Jun 05 1997
Number of topics:1099
Total number of notes:5174

1047.0. "VMS VT lookup of Exchange GAL Directory?" by SCASS1::HANSONL () Wed Apr 30 1997 19:00

    
    Are there any tools/applications that allow an OpenVMS VT terminal to
    access an Exchange Server GAL directory now that it supports LDAP?   I
    have a customer who has MS Exchange and about 1200 VTs using VMSmail
    that they would like to have one corporate directory available to all
    their mail clients.
    
    Thanks,
    	Lora
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1047.1AXEL::FOLEYhttp://axel.zko.dec.comWed Apr 30 1997 20:043

	LDAP support in VMSmail????
1047.2LDAP from VMSmail available todayTHEBAY::WIEGLEBLast day is May 2. Farewell!Wed Apr 30 1997 23:3928
    RE: LDAP support in VMSmail????
    
    Actually the answer is "You betcha!!!".  
    
    Innosoft PMDF has a very VMSmail-like character-cell interface (PMDF
    MAIL) that they ship as part of their product set. You can use it as an
    alternative interface into your existing VMSmail mailbox.  It provides
    quite a number of additional features/functionality for dealing with
    Internet (SMTP/MIME) messages.
    
    Innosoft PMDF also provides a pop-up directory browser window for 
    address lookups from within PMDF MAIL. To access it, you simply need to
    enter "X500-FORM" at the TO: or CC: (or BCC:) prompt.  You can configure 
    the "browser server" to point to any LDAP service, including (I suppose) 
    the Exchange V5 server.
    
    I'd strongly recommend investigating Innosoft PMDF to anyone doing
    messaging integration work or anyone who thinks they will be installing
    a "pure" Exchange environment.  Innosoft PMDF runs on VMS/VAX,
    VMS/Alpha, Digital UNIX, and much of it has been ported to Solaris as
    well, and work is going on to move it to Windows NT (although the 
    developers are unabashed VMS bigots).
    
    There is a Notes conference on the product set at MAKREL::PMDF (it
    recently moved from THEBAY::).  Press <KP7> or <Select> to add it to
    your notebook.
    
    - Dave
1047.3Learn something new....AXEL::FOLEYhttp://axel.zko.dec.comThu May 01 1997 01:077

	Makes you wonder why we don't just have PMDF develop
	VMSmail and license it (or a subset of their product)
	back from them.

						mike
1047.4dxdlu from DigitalPARZVL::ogodhcp-125-128-214.ogo.dec.com::kennedynuncam non paratusThu May 01 1997 22:159
Digital's X.500 directory product (some or all of which
is now the AltaVista directory) did have a command line
client, dxdlu, which used LDAP.  

It's not as nicely integrated as PMDF MAIL, since you have
to look it up and then enter the address manually.  Also
PMDF MAIL understands MIME & multi-part messages, which
might eliminate a lot of frustration on the VMSmail side
when they start getting message with Word docs attached!