Query about multi-mail handlers.

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2 total messages Started by jc Tue, 09 Dec 1986 16:28

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Author: jc
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1986 16:28

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Hello out there. We have some people here that are investigating the
various mailers on the market, with the idea of installing one or more
of them on lots of machines in-house. I'd like to collect info on your
experiences with your mailers.

We have a motley collection of systems: various Unix machines (SYS5 and
BSD), VAX/VMS, Macintosh, IBM PC, Apolos, and probably some others that
I don't know about. Some of them are inter-connected, with little in
the way of communication between them. We have some Macintosh users who
think that Appletalk is the wave of the future, and maybe they're right,
but it's hard for them to send mail to PC or Apollo users. The Unix
users think that their mailer, giving them ties to machines all around
the world, is God's (or at least AT&T's :-) answer to email, but they
slly (lly (lcan't get mail delivered to the Macusers. And so on.

So. What's your suggestion? Keep in mind that we also have a lot of
non-technical people. Many of them are in love with the Mac's way of
making documents, and they freak out when they see vi or emacs. Any
mailer that satisfies them must be extremely user-friendly. Or else
it must lurk in the background, picking up their Macmail and delivering
it without their having to type any obscure Unix commands. Similarly
for the PC users.

Is there someone out there that is working on interfacing all the various
kinds of mailers that are being marketed, to get them to play together?
I'd love to work on such a project, but I can't personally afford to buy
one (two?) of each kind of computer on the market, plus the LANs to tie
them all together.

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John M Chambers Phone: 617/364-2000x7304
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Re: multi-mail handlers.

#4008

Author: adam
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1986 03:54

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> We have a motley collection of systems: various Unix machines (SYS5 and
> BSD), VAX/VMS, Macintosh, IBM PC, Apolos, and probably some others that
> I don't know about.  Some of them are inter-connected, with little in 
> the way of communication between them.  We have some Macintosh users who 
> think that Appletalk is the wave of the future, and maybe they're right,
> but it's hard for them to send mail to PC or Apollo users.  The Unix
> users think that their mailer, giving them ties to machines all around
> the world, is God's (or at least AT&T's :-) answer to email, but they
> somehow can't get mail delivered to the Macusers.  And so on.
> 
> So.  What's your suggestion?  Keep in mind that we also have a lot of
> non-technical people.  Many of them are in love with the Mac's way of
> making documents, and they freak out when they see vi or emacs.  Any
> mailer that satisfies them must be extremely user-friendly.  Or else
> it must lurk in the background, picking up their Macmail and delivering
> it without their having to type any obscure Unix commands.  Similarly
> for the PC users.
> 
> 	John M Chambers			Phone: 617/364-2000x7304

AT&T sells software called PMX (Private Mail Exchange) which establishes
a private computer mail network among UNIX (tm) machines and AT&T 6300-
compatible PCs (such as IBM), as well as other machines such as the Mac.
Its user interface is similar to AT&T Mail, and it can be very friendly
to non-technical users (such as the majority of AT&T Mail customers).
PMX is also compatible with AT&T Mail for sending hardcopy letters, telex
messages etc. The US phone number for information about PMX and AT&T Mail
is 1-800-367-7225, ext. 607. The corresponding direct phone is
1-201-271-3760. Good luck,
					Adam Reed (ihnp4!mtund!adam)

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