DeskLink HP OpenDesk FSC/SMTP Gateway Product Specification Sheet DeskLink is the only standards-based (SMTP/MIME) electronic mail gateway for the HP3000 systems with HP's HPDesk or HP OpenDesk which runs entirely on the HP3000. Designed from the beginning to operate in a mixed environment, and adopting the most common electronic mail protocols in existance, DeskLink provides a solution for companies ranging from single-system HP3000 based environments, to large heterogeneous enviroments with hundreds of hardware platforms and dozens of existing electronic mail systems. Priced independent of hardware platform and licensed with an unlimited number of mailboxes per system, DeskLink truly provides an electronic communications solution that can grow with any organization. How to get it: Call, write, e-mail, or fax to any of the numbers listed at the end of this document and request a free demo or download the demo software yourself from our www or ftp servers. What It Does The DeskLink HP OpenDesk FSC (Foreign Service Connection) Gateway can function as a standalone gateway for HPDesk users, or in addition to the NetMail/3000 user interface (along with HPDesk users). The gateway provides a bi-directional link between HPDesk and any other SMTP compliant electronic mail systems. The DeskLink HPDesk FSC Gateway is composed entirely of software (no special hardware is required) and resides entirely on the HP3000. DeskLink's MIME compatibility also allows the transfer of multimedia attachments; DeskLink will automatically MIME encode outgoing binary attachments on HPDesk messages, and decode MIME (or UUENCODED) attachments to incoming messages and make the files available to the HPDesk user as attached files. The administrator can even configure outgoing message attachments to be encoded using the older "uuencode" or "binhex" formats for compatability with non-MIME compatible mail systems. The DeskLink FSC gateway operates in real time, catching incoming messages and processing outgoing messages immediately. Still, it's interrupt driven structure means the CPU load is minimal and throughput is high even on smaller CPUs. The gateway handles any number and size of messages and attachments, and automatically disassembles and reassembles any HP3000 originated file so HPDesk users can attach PROG, VFORM, or any other HP3000 file to a mail message, and the recipient will have the files available when reading the message, completely reassembled in their original form. The gateway even recognizes the priority of messages, preserving normal or urgent messages. HPDesk messages to other DeskLink or NetMail/3000 systems also support read and delivery receipts. The gateway is also compatible with the new "clients of choice" for HP OpenDesk, and even understands filetypes as transferred through the gateway, presenting cc:Mail or MS Mail clients using Desk as their postoffice with icons representing any binary files attached to a message. Requirements The gateway runs on any HP3000 system (MPE/V or MPE/iX) and only requires the Lanlink software to communicate with other SMTP compatible mail systems (Lanlink comes from HP - it is included with NS/3000 or Arpa services; or can be ordered separately). It must reside on a system with HPDesk (to use the HPDesk gateway) though only one DeskLink HPDesk gateway is required per network, as long as all your HPDesk systems can already communicate. No special hardware is required; the gateway will utilize your HP3000s network connection for communication with other SMTP (Internet mail) compatible systems. (Note that Lan connections are optional on MPE/V systems and require a Lanic card, which is available as an option when purchasing NS/3000 for MPE/V.) Addresses HPDesk users can address messages to users on "foreign" systems by setting up foreign aliases and using normal HPDesk addresses, or by simply entering the name of the DeskLink gateway location and providing a regular Internet format address in parenthesis. Incoming messages from other SMTP systems appear in HPDesk like any other message, and are "reply"able like any other message. Attachments to messages are all made available as well. Internet (or any SMTP compatible mail system) can address messages to HPDesk users by using the HPDesk address ("deskname/location/sublocation") and specifying the Internet name of the host running the gateway (the location and sublocation are in fact optional as long as the HPDesk name is unique or identifiable by HPDesk's name resolver). DeskLink also allows addresses to be entered in the format used by Wollongong's MPE/V HPDesk gateway, "name%sublocation%location@nodename"; it will accept either form. Installation The DeskLink HPDesk FSC gateway process installs like all other 3k products as part of the standard installation job. One job stream installs or updates all 3k products automatically. You need only specify a few run-time parameters in the administration program (netmaint.pub.threek) such as the name of the system, HPDesk location you wish to use, address format for outgoing messages, and default encoding. 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