DECUS VAX Systems SIG Tapecopy Submissions
                        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                                  Spring, 1990


                                 submitted by:


                                Matthew Madison
                         Engineering Computing Services
                        Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                         Troy, New York 12180-3590 USA
                                +1 518 276 2606

                       madison@vms.ecs.rpi.edu (Internet)
                  MADISON@RPIECSVX or MADISON@RPIECS (BITNET)



     This submission contains six subdirectories  with  items  of  possible
     interest to VMS system managers and users.  All entries include source
     code,  object  code,  executables,  and  documentation.   Updates   to
     previously submitted entries are noted.

     All entries,  unless  otherwise  noted,  are  written  BLISS-32.   All
     entries  include  source  and  object  code,  usually  contained  in a
     compressed BACKUP save set to save space.  Use the LZDCMP  program  to
     decompress the save sets and BACKUP to unload them.

     All entries include an AAAREADME.DOC file; most also  include  further
     documentation.

     All entries run under VMS V5.0 or later; some will run  under  earlier
     versions of VMS if re-linked.

     1.  [.MDMLIB]

         MDMLIB is a set of utility routines called by some of the programs
         in  this  submission,  and  is required if rebuilding the programs
         from sources.  [update of Spring 1989 submission]

     2.  [.MX]

         Mesage  Exchange  (MX)  is  an   electronic   mail   routing   and
         distribution  facility,  supporting  local  delivery via VMS MAIL,
         SMTP over CMU-Tek TCP/IP or  VMS/ULTRIX  Connection,  BITNET  mail
         over  Jnet,  and  UUCP  mail  over  DECUS  UUCP.  It also supports
         mailing lists and file distribution  over  E-mail.   Requires  VMS
         V5.0 or later.  [new]

     3.  [.NEWSRDR]

         NEWSRDR is an NNTP client program for reading  Usenet  news.   Can
         use  CMU-Tek  TCP/IP  or  VMS/ULTRIX Connection as NNTP transport.
         Requires VMS V5.0 or later.  [new]

     4.  [.SDFILTER]

         SDFILTER gives a system manager more control over the  destination
         and  page  layout  of VMS Workstation Software (VWS) screen dumps.
         [update of Spring 1989 submission]

     5.  [.SETUP]

         SETUP is a program through which a system manager  can  centralize
         the  per-user,  per-login  setup  of  applications  software  on a
         system.  [update of Spring 1989 submission]

     6.  [.WATCHER]

         WATCHER is a flexible idle terminal monitor.  The  system  manager
         specifies   which   terminals   should   be  watched;  and,  on  a
         per-terminal basis, which measurements should be used to determine
         that  a  process  is  idle and how long the job should remain idle
         before being logged out.  One can also specify which  jobs  should
         not  be  monitored  based  on  any  combination  of username, UIC,
         identifiers and privileges held, terminal, port  information,  and
         day  of week/hour of day.  This new version also supports both VWS
         and DECwindows workstations.  For VMS V5.0 or later only.  [update
         of Spring 1989 submission]