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Re: Looking for a PC-based mail front-end for IBM PROFs

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From: David Boyes
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 1990 03:04
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In article <4116@taylord> taylord@spock (Don Taylor) writes:
>Does anyone know if there exists a PC-based mail front end for IBM's PROFs
>system?  It would retrieve and post mail automatically to (through) PROFs
>by pretending to be a 3270 terminal connection, provide a user-friendly
>interface and some local (ie PC) message filing. 

PC/PROFS, available from your local IBM rep. If PROFS turns you
on, it's not bad, esp. if your word processor understands DCA and
the mainframe has DISOSS up.

>Don Taylor (613)-592-2122 x 3007	 mitel!taylord@uunet.uu.net


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From: dboyes@rice.edu (David Boyes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.mail.misc,comp.groupware
Subject: Re: Looking for a PC-based mail front-end for IBM PROFs
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Date: 18 Aug 90 03:04:43 GMT
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