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Novell Introduces Extended Messaging Interface
Third Generation API Supports Global Messaging Requirements
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- March 24, 1992 -- Novell today introduced the third
generation of NetWare SMF, its widely supported Standard Message Format
(SMF) application programming interface (API). NetWare SMF LEVEL 71 is a
full-featured programming tool that will enable developers to create new,
more powerful software for workflow automation, electronic mail, and other
applications that require messages to be received, stored and forwarded
across a variety of desktop systems.
"NetWare SMF is powerful and easy to use. It has received broad support
from developers, resulting in more than one hundred compatible applications
and gateways," said Carey Heckman, Novell's director of messaging product
marketing. "This latest version provides a new addressing scheme,
directory synchronization, and programming 'hooks' to further empower the
development of new applications such as document translation. It delivers
seamless interoperability among native SMF applications, whether running on
DOS, Windows, OS/2, Apple Macintosh, or UNIX desktops."
NetWare SMF is the industry-standard set of APIs used for all MHS-based
applications and is supported by NetWare MHS and Novell's new NetWare
Global Messaging server, also announced here today. New features include
support for extended-length user names, providing improved support for
gateways to facsimile machines and other messaging environments. The new
version also supports a hierarchical addressing structure, allowing the
creation of logical workgroups and facilitating directory synchronization.
"The NetWare SMF interface is a proven API with strong support among
developers," said Richard Schwartz, senior vice president and chief
technical officer at Borland International, Inc. "The added functionality
announced today will help us deliver workgroup applications that meet the
demands of corporate-wide, multiplatform, multiprotocol environments."
Designed for easy application and gateway development, NetWare SMF is
currently being used by more than 700 registered developers. The SMF
interface set includes submission and delivery interfaces, directory
interfaces and gateway capabilities to other messaging and directory
systems. Packaged software developers, value-added resellers and corporate
in-house developers have chosen NetWare SMF for rapid creation of leading
edge messaging products, and messaging-enabled database, network management
and other applications.
"Novell's NetWare SMF is a sophisticated messaging system to support the
next generation of mail-enabled applications," said Anand Jagannathan,
president and founder of Reach Software Corp. "The Reach WorkMAN workflow
platform will benefit from the enhanced directory services, hierarchical
workgroup addressing and more efficient mail delivery and routing. Now
users will have an advanced platform for enterprise-wide workflow
applications."
Because NetWare SMF includes a flexible file-based interface rather than a
procedural interface, no libraries or their associated royalty fees are
required. NetWare SMF-71 will be supported by the next release of NetWare
MHS, and offers backward compatibility with the earlier version used in
NetWare MHS v1.5 and v1.5C.
The NetWare SMF-71 specification and developer toolkits will be available
early this summer. The Software Development Kit, which includes NetWare
Global Messaging and NetWare MHS software and an API manual set, is priced
at $1,095. The price of the Programmers Reference alone is $95.
Novell Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) is an operating system software company, the
developer of network services, specialized and general purpose operating
system software products including NetWare, DR DOS, DR Multiuser DOS and
FlexOS. Novell's NetWare network computing products manage and control the
sharing of services, data and applications among computer workgroups,
departmental networks and business-wide information systems.