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Re: anyone know anything about this extended family thing?

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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 13:35
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In article <350p4j$mj0@search01.news.aol.com> carlzorts@aol.com (CarlZorts) writes:
>From: carlzorts@aol.com (CarlZorts)
>Subject: anyone know anything about this extended family thing?
>Date: 12 Sep 1994 01:32:03 -0400

>Who else out here is using FreeMail?  I read a review in the June 28th 
>issue of PC Magazine  --and bought their �Parent� copy-- but I have not 
>seen other reviews or ads. I am going to purchase their latest product, 
>'Extended Family Routing,' which lets the free 'Child' copies communicate 
>with each other through a central parent, but I do not know anyone who is 
>using this latest program.  It is more expensive  ($500 vs. just $75 bucks

>for the 'Parent') so I would appreciate hearing from anyone who is using
>it.

>I just saw a 'new and improved' article in the current (sep. 27th) issue
>of PC Magazine, which talks about the Extended Family. But, again,
>I would like to get some mail from someone using it. I have FreeMail
>references, but ......

>Our FreeMail 'Parent' has been working fantastic for us. It is a Windows 
>E-mail system that uses modems and does not require any kind of network; 
>it was by far the most affordable solution we found for being able to 
>exchange files and important messages at will. Using it has cut our 
>overnight FedEx bill from about  $300 a day to about $18 a day! It has all

>of the features of our old-fashioned MHS/network system: site polling and 
>automatic file transfers, and good encryption. It is certainly worth
>looking 
>at, and I hope someone will let me know what they think of the router. I 
>have been giving out many child diskettes (each 'Parent' copy creates an 
>unlimited number of its own 'children' which are self installing and 
>configured to be able to directly dial the Parent), and have quite a 
>network set up now -- here locally and across the country  (one of my 
>programmers recently moved to Switzerland, and he has been sending and 
>receiving files to and from New York with no problem).  If you have some 
>experience with FreeMail, please leave a message for  me here, or e-mail
>me 
>through aol:  CarlZorts@aol.com
>If you are interested in FreeMail, their voice number is (406) 586-4200
>They also have an account with AOL:  FreeMail@aol.com, which I have never 
>used (since I FreeMail them)   And, if anyone knows of similar Windows
>E-mail

>packages, let me know.
>        Thanks,
>        Carl Zorts  --- owner of Applied Synergetics, Inc.
>        {the secret to life is to help others and expect nothing in
>return}
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