f'Y\1\tJ MAv1988 VoLUME 4, NuMBER 7 ,j CONTENTS NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Campus Network Considerations ............. 73 • CAMPUS NETWORK CONSIDERATIONS l If you are considering installing a Local Area Network (LAN) or REVIEWS connecting to the University's campus-wide Ethernet backbone net­ l Microsoft Mail ........................................... 74 work, there are several issues that you need to keep in mind. (Two I Apple 40SC Tape Backup ........................ 76 reasons for connecting microcomputers and workstations to the campus Lotus Measure ......................................... n network are: provide very high speed communications with other j computers on campus; use the campus network to link your departmen­ CoLUMNS tal LANs together.) Since the campus-wide network is shared by people Ma Micro Notes all over the University, there are some limitations on what you can File Maker Plus 2.1 Upgrade .................. 79 expect to do over the network. In other words, there are some standards I I ti LaserWrtter and Legal Size Paper .... 79 for how computers communicate across the campus network. Whether I Site License Forum .................................. 80 you are considering connecting either a single machine or a LAN to the Instructional Software Forums ................. 80 campus network, you need to be aware of what the standards are and Book Center Notes how they affect what you can expect to do over the University's back­ Price Changes· HP LaserJet Fonts ...... 81 bone network. Laser Printer Toner cartridges .............. 81 Apple -+ Claris Software ....................... 81 Perhaps the most important standard you should be aware of is the I HP DeskJet Ink Cartridges .................... 81 network protocols that are supported over the network. The campus­ f May IT Tech Fair ................................... 81 wide Ethernet is intended to support TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol). This family of protocols was chosen The Microcomputer Newsletter is publshed monthly t by the Microcomputer and Workstation Systems Group because it can be used to interconnect a wide variety of computers from (alk/a/ Microcomputer Group), a part of the Univers•y different vendors. This ability contrasts with more proprietary proto­ of Minnesota's Academic Computing Services and cols. These proprietary protocols only work to connect a few pieces of Systems department (ACSS), with funds provided by a particular vendor's hardware together. Because the backbone network the Minnesota Book Center. The University of is intended to support the TCP/IP protocols, the safest thing for you to Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons do is make sure that any network traffic you run over the campus should have equal access to b programs, facilties, backbone is TCP/IP traffic. This is because it is very possible that and empbyment without regard to race, relgion, color, protocols other than TCP/IP will not work over the backbone network. sex, national origin, handicap, age, veteran status, or Even if protocols other than TCP/IP work today, there is no guarantee sexual orientation. Direct newsletter comments and that this will continue to be the case in the future. subscrP~ion cancelations, changes, and addnions to the ednors at the address on the closing page. This newsletter is an information resource for the University; So, if you plan to connect to the campus backbone network, you should subscrP~ions are free. Permission to copy for non­ plan to use the TCP/IP protocols. Here's an example: the protocol commercial purposes is granted, provided proper issue comes into play if you look at ways to use the campus network to ! acknowledgment is given; the ednors request a copy of connect several microcomputers or workstations in different buildings the document or record in which our material appears. to a departmental minicomputer. You can choose from a variety of Ij l This newsletter was produced on an Apple Macintosh II products to connect desktop machines to minicomputers over Ethernet l running WriteNow, Word, FuiiPaint, and PageMaker However, not all the products use the TCP/IP protocols. In fact, many 1 (3.0) software; addnionaJ pictures from HyperCard, products use other proprietary protocols that are not guaranteed to work MacArt Dept, and Space Science Graphics. Camera­ over the campus network. ready copy was printed on an Apple LaserWrler liNT. l © 1988 University of Minnesota ~NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTINUED ON ••• PAGE 79 ...... it The disadvantage to using a dedicated server is cost. You REVIEW: MICROSOFT MAIL must purchase an extra Mac with a hard disk and no one can use the Mac for other tasks. Microsoft Mail is electronic mail software that lets you send and receive messages among You may install MS Mail on a dedicated server all by itself or Macintoshes over an AppleTalk network. We you can install it, as we did, on an AppleS hare file server. (For tested Microsoft Mail version 1.36 in two a review of AppleShare see our August 1987 newsletter.) Our environments: a non-dedicated and a dedicated AppleShare server is a Macintosh SE with an internal 20 mail server environment In this review of Microsoft Mail (MS megabyte hard disk. It's easy to install the two server programs Mail), we cover setting up MS Mail to work in the two environ­ together. To install the MS Mail server software along with ments, as well as using the software, hardware requirements, AppleShare, we dragged the MS Mail server icon into the and some of the package's features. Server Folder. Then we restarted the Mac that acts as a file server. On start up, our Mac was running two server programs: INSTALLING MS MAIL AppleShare and MS Mail. Installing MS Mail is easy. The manual even includes a one page outline of the installation process for experienced users • On Users' Workstations who don't want to bother reading the manual. You install MS The job of setting up new users on MS Mail goes to the Mail on any Mac which is to act as the mail server. A mail Network Manager. The Network Manager creates a user name server is typically a microcomputer with a hard disk that is and password for each person who uses MS Mail. Next, each shared by many people. mail user must drag the MS Mail user icon into their System Folder. Finally, they must install the MS Mail • desk acces­ • On a Non-Dedicated Mail Server sory using Apple's Font/DA Mover software. When you set up a non-dedicated server, you designate one person's Macintosh to act as the server. This means that in UsiNG MS MAIL addition to being used by that person (for word processing or MS Mail is not a stand-alone application; it's a desk accessory. other applications) the Mac is also performing the function of Once you've installed MS Mail to work with your Mac, you the server. There is a sign onto MS Mail by drawback to the non­ ![] Messages For julie selecting Microsoft Mail dedicated approach. Since from the • Menu and the micro is doing two tty clown tmaga Q ~ entering your user name ,I John Accountent jobs at the same time, the , and password. Then you I' June Schedule / H overall speed at which St.nd•rd hl•phon• Assist.no• get a Messages For dialog each task is executed will box; a sample is displayed be slower. ~~ ~. 0 here . Graphic H•nig•m•nt Tutori•l ~ We installed MS Mail on In our example two l,rint a Macintosh SE with a 20 [ ) [ Ot~ll' h~ ) buttons are highlighted: megabyte external hard [ Sign Out ) [ Close ) Sign Out and Close. If disk. The installation K> you click on the Close process involved dragging button, you will close the the MS Mail Server icon into theSE's System Folder and Mail window, but remain signed onto Mail. This means if a restarting the Mac. When you set up an MS Mail server this message arrives for you, you will be notified. If you click on way, the hard disk with the server software installed on it is the Sign Out button, you will quit the Mail program. Once shared (but shared just for mail) by all the MS Mail users, you've quit the program, any messages that arrive will be held including the actual owner of the Macintosh. on the MS Mail server until you sign onto Mail again. • On a Dedicated Mail Server You can send four different types of messages: Standard, Tele­ A dedicated server is a machine that is dedicated to doing one phone, Assistance, and Graphic. The two most common types thing: running the server software. Since the micro is dedi­ of message are: Standard for memos and Telephone for taking cated to its task, no one can use it as a personal computer. One telephone messages for someone. If you want to send a picture, advantage of using a dedicated server is speed. Since the micro you use the Graphic type message. Assistance is a special type does not have to share processing time with anyone's report of message for reporting problems; you send these messages to writing or budget balancing tasks, mail requests are handled the Network Manager. (See the Sending Messages section more promptly. Another advantage of a dedicated server is that below for more details.) you can put it in a secure place, such as a locked closet, and leave it on indefmitely. If the server is always turned on, you If you double-click on the Management icon, you will get a can depend on the service being available whenever you need dialog box. This dialog box lets you change your own pass- word or user name, set up an automatic sign-on procedure, or • Receiving Mail change features such as how many times the Mac beeps when Depending on your preferences, when you receive a message, f there is a message for you.