	This is a package which interfaces ACSnet to VAX's
running VMS. The package runs totally under unix and uses the VMS
mail facility.  To do this a pseudo-user ACSNET is created under
VMS. To mail from VMS to ACSnet the uses enters the mail command
and in response to the "To:" prompt types
"acsnet!user[:host[.domain]]". This sends the mail to the
pseudo-user ACSNET, and the part following the ! is taken as a
comment by VMS, but as the true destination by the interface
program. From ACSnet the VMS machine is treated like any other
node except that only the mail handler works.

	The VMS account should have a LOGIN.COM which sets the
terminal to /LA120/PAGE=0/TAB/NOECHO/NOBROADCAST/HOSTSYNC.

	The package consists of 3 programs plus a shell script
with the following functions:

VMS_spooler	This program spools the mail items for transfer to VMS.
	The program is exec'ed by the handler, ACSnet_VMS, which should
	be part of the ACSnet distribution.

VMS_mailer	This program does the main work. It logs onto VMS
	and reads any mail for the ACSnet. It also sends the
	mail from ACSnet to the VMS user.

VMS_sendmail	Takes the file of mail bound for ACSnet produced by
	vmsmail and sends it to the unix mailer for distribution.

VMS_mailrelay	This is a shell script which invokes vmsmail and
	sendmail and is called by cron several times a day.
	The script also logs the transfered files and mails
	failure notices to the nominated user.

Warning: Make sure you have version 1.12 or greater of Route/DoRoute, or
         files routed to ACSnet with a domain specifed may silently
         disappear.

******* May 1986 ******		burn@metro.su.oz

	The VMS-ACSnet gateway code via the VMS mail system is in the
process of being integrated into the ACSnet package. Prior to this,
this gateway was essentially a stand-alone gateway.

Things to do:
	Clean code
	#ifdef logging of messages	(to node/vms_log)
	Automate node addition

Installation notes:

	Once you have make ACSnet successfully you should do the following -

1.	mkdir node_name			in the ACSnet spool directory
2.	mkdir node_name/vms_log		for logging of messages
3.	set up in cron to run VMS_mailrelay however often you need to
4.	set up a file removal cron entry of the logged files in
	the "vms_log" directory

Any questions/suggestions to burn@metro.su.oz or jimr@metro.su.oz.

