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- From: rock@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM (Bill Petro)
- Subject: Re: Searching for E-mail package
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.213323.1024@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM>
- Organization: SunSoft, Colorado Springs, CO
- References: <BxMtso.Ipz@beach.csulb.edu> <1992Nov14.002618.1341@BofA.com> <tkevans.722019653@eplrx7.es.dupont.com> <rob.722117698@hp11>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 21:33:23 GMT
- Lines: 51
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- rob@hp11 (Rob Freyder) writes:
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- >In <tkevans.722019653@eplrx7.es.dupont.com> tkevans@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Tim Evans) writes:
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- >>karl@BofA.com (Karl Nicholas) writes:
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- >>>In article <BxMtso.Ipz@beach.csulb.edu> kumeda@beach.csulb.edu (ANDY KUMEDA) writes:
- >>>>
- >>>>We are currently searching for E-mail/Office Automation packages that will
- >>>>serve several thousand users based on the following criteria:
- >>>>
- >>>> 1) Must support X-Window (OpenLook or Motif) either through an X-terminal
- >>>> or a PC running an X-server.
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- >Check out Z-mail
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- >>>> 2) Must also support PCs running DOS, with a TCP/IP network connection.
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- >You might want to further clarify this requirement. I assume Windows 3.x
- >is not in use so you are probably talking about a character based version.
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- >>>> 3) In addition, a non-X version (character-based -- ASCII terminals) is
- >>>> preferable, but not required.
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- >I believe Z-mail has this or is working on it.
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- Zmail comes in 3 flavors (indeed, the O'Reily manual shows a chariot with 3
- horses): tty, visual (curses, which I use) and GUI (both Motif and OW).
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- >>>> 4) Must be able to 'customize' -- ie original text to be replied or
- >>>> forwarded should not be modifiable.
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- >This could be difficult ... When I reply I usually do just what I am
- >doing here. I embed my replies in the original text and frequently
- >delete the unnecessary parts.
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- >>>> 5) Must support SMTP.
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- >Not a problem.
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- >>>> 6) Vendor must have good technical support.
- > ^^^^
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- Z-code (creator of Zmail) has excellent turnaround on support.
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- Bill "Rock" Petro - SunSoft Product Marketing
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- Bill Petro bill.petro@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM
- "UNIX for the sake of the kingdom of heaven" Matthew 19:12
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