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Z-mail: is it any good?

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From: Jeff Giacobbe
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:45
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( My apologies if this is a FAQ, or the wrong newsgroup, etc)

Is anyone out there using Z-mail in an environment of Suns, Vaxen, and
tty terminals?


The reason I am asking is twofold:

1) Our department contains a mix of the above hardware, in addition to
terminal emulation software on Mac and PC's (when users dial in from
home).

2) It's hard to get folks to use a full-featured GUI point-and-click
mailer on their workstations (e.g. Sun's Mailtool) and then have them
switch gears (and mailers) when they dial in from home on a text-based
terminal.

[ OK, so it's THREEfold....]

3) Both UnixWorld and the Sun Observer think Z-mail is the best thing
since the Smart Clapper(tm).


So, will Z-mail really live up to all it's promises of
interoperability and portablitily among GUI's and terminal types? Or
are my users stuck with VMS mail on the Vax, Quickmail on the Mac,
Mailtool and or MM on the Sun, etc ,etc, etc...


Adv-Thanks-ance


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From: giacobbe@pilot.njin.net (Jeff Giacobbe)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Z-mail: is it any good?
Summary: Is Z-mail a worthwile option?
Keywords: Z-mail
Message-ID: <Jan.22.16.45.24.1993.25448@pilot.njin.net>
Date: 22 Jan 93 21:45:24 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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