Development on Mail Server for NT
Here we list the development of work on the mail server for NT. You
will find the status of each addtion and which release it should
be in. This list will continually evolve and when a new release
is made, the instructions will be updated and the old version's
instructions archived (they will still be available).
Changes Planned for Version 2.11
We hope to release v2.11 on 1st July 1995.
UUCP mail box name
Add "U" as a new mailbox type for receiving mail and doing nothing
with it. (We are looking at the possibility of adding a UUCP service).
Execute an executable
Add "C" to execute a system command when mail arrives. There are
considerable security implications for this command though - this is
why it has not been added yet.
Add a CPL to Control Panel
This is currently under development and should arrive before 1st July.
Add other things to do with mail when it arrives
Currently when mail arrives it is either sent back out, placed
in a mailbox or processed by the list server. I would like to
add the following (depending upon demand):
- EMAIL to FAX gateway - This posibility is being investigated.
Allow a message to be delivered to 2 mail boxes
So that two users can seen the same mail, allow logging of all mail
message or home/work mail message achives.
Immprovements in progres
Add gateway to Microsoft Mail
I understand (I had a glance at the paper-work) that this
is not too difficult. So one day it may happen. However,
judging by how difficult I have found some other documentation
that MicroSoft have produced...
Ideas still to implement
Write mail to file
Add the facility to be able to place a file name in the Subject:
line of a message and have the message written to this file.
There are (obviously) a lot of security implications, so the file
will only be placed in one particular directory and it will not
be possible to place it in any other directory.
(Rob Conant)
Mail Drops
Allow more than one action to be taken with incoming mail. For
example, allow mail to be sent to a Fax, POP account AND logged
in a local file.
EMAIL configuration
Allow users to configure their options using messages to the mail
server.
Implement EHLO
Do I need to say more?
Multiple domain auto-responders
To allow list@x.y.z and list@p.o.i to be diffferent files.
Use NT groups as mail lists
This would allow someone to mail a group name and have the mail
delivered to every member of the group. (Tim Barnes, 21/4/95)
List Server - Digest facility
So that users who request a digest get one mail message per day
which contains all the email sent to that mail list during that
day.
Add other things to do with mail when it arrives
Currently when mail arrives it is either sent back out, placed
in a mailbox or processed by the list server. I would like to
add the following (depending upon demand):
- Store and forward (see below).
- EMAIL to line printer gateway.
This posibility is being investigated - but then who needs it?
(My only thought would be an accounts department that does not
know what to do with email - do such places exist)?
Add help
I think what is needed here is kind of obvious!
Store and Forward
This is a large addition but potentially very useful one for those
people who are providing internet access. This improvement would
allow you to collect mail on one NT machine and when a user dials
in, allow him to request mail which will be sent down to his
machine and distributed as expected. This extra work would be
carried out by a new server called "collect" which would go to
the mail server and ask for its mail. This will be independant
of IP address.
IMAP Daemon
Add a new server to support IMAP compliant mail readers. IMAP
is a protocol that allows mail to remain on the server rather than
being down loaded to a receiving computer. In a large origanisation
this means you could access you mail from any computer rather than
have to be at your machine.
UUCP Daemon
Who knows?
Mail collection
Use POP protocol to get mail from a provider on dial up.
Mail waiting program
A simple program that would show a couple of "Lights" if there
is mail waiting to be sent and when it is being sent...
webmaster@net-shopper.co.uk (12th May 1995)