home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- From: kumarr@hparc0.aus.hp.com (Kumar Rangan)
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 00:18:13 GMT
- Subject: Re: Best Mail User Interface
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.001813.3429@hparc0.aus.hp.com>
- Organization: the edge of the world:HP New Zealand
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!hplextra!hpcc05!hparc0.aus.hp.com!kumarr
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- References: <1992Jul22.130859.7760@news.nd.edu>
- X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
- Lines: 21
-
- mandell@bach.helios.nd.edu (Dan Mandell) writes:
- : We are setting up HP 9000/827S system to serve as academic
- : system/mail server. For the casual user, elm+vi is not easy enough
- : to learn. We are thinking of running Pop3 servers and clients for
- : the PC users, but need something for folks with just terminal access.
- : Is there a Pop3 Popmail Client application that runs under HPUX?
- : Alternatively, is there a full screen editor that runs under HPUX that is
- : easier to use than either Gnu Emacs or vi?
- :
- If u dont mind buying commercial software, HP sells mail sw called OpenMail
- with the PCs using a product called AdvanceMail. The user interface is not
- unixy at all, and the same interface is available for terminal & PC users.
- PC users have the advantage of mailing "attachments" like WP documents &
- spreadsheets, which the terminal users wont have. Talk to your HP sales rep
- if this interests you.
-
- BTW, this is not a statement for/on behalf of HP.
-
- --
- | Kumar Rangan Internet : kumarr@hparc0.aus.hp.com |
- | HP New Zealand Tel# : +64 4 382 0400, Fax# : +64 4 384 3380 |
-