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Re: NeXT's and Quickmail

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From: Brett Adam
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 10:08
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In article <1992Aug24.232510.24665@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>  
jim@ljkiraly.lerc.nasa.gov (L J "Jim" Kiraly) writes:
> I was asked if NeXT's can deal with Mac Quickmail.  I really don't know  
> anything at all about Quickmail and couldn't begin to answer the question- so  
> if this is a really dumb question, please forgive me.
> 
> Can NeXT's read, write, transmit and recieve Quickmail over an ethernet IP  
> network?  Is anything special required?  And what is different in Quickmail  
> from plain ol' e-mail?
> 
> Thanks, all
> --
> __________________________________________________________________
> Jim Kiraly- jim@ljkiraly.lerc.nasa.gov- NASA Lewis Research Center
> ----------------- NeXT Mail preferred ----------------------------

Out of the box, no.

You'll need to get your Macintosh QuickMail server talking SMTP. Then, you'll  
be able to exchange simple mail (read: text only), without much trouble.

I gather SMTP gateways for QM are available from Cayman (Gatorbox people).

Regards,

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Brett Adam                 Codex Software Development Pty. Ltd.
NeXTMail: bpja@codex.oz.au                  AppleLink: AUST0335
(Preferred.)                                 (Only if you must) 
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Brett Adam                 Codex Software Development Pty. Ltd.
NeXTMail: bpja@codex.oz.au                  AppleLink: AUST0335
(Preferred.)                                 (Only if you must) 
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