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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 21:53:12 GMT
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- From: "McMahon,Brian D" <MCMAHON@GRIN1.BITNET>
- Subject: RE: WordPerfect Office 3.1
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- > > We've been looking into purchasing WP Office 3.1 and one of our questions
- > > is how/if this will interface with PMDF (4.1-7). Whilst I wade through
- > > the WP Office manuals I thought I'd see if anyone has any input on the
- > > viability of this idea.
- >
- > If you're referring to the VMS implementation, there is a foreign protocol
- > interface to VMS MAIL that PMDF can talk to. This interface does work, but
- > a fair amount of richness is lost (attachments, formatting, etc.).
-
- If you feel like spending {money|time|hair off your head}, you might also
- check into the Messy Router Gateway for WP Office. It might help with some
- of the formatting problems. We do not run WP Office, so I will make no
- guarantees. Caveat emptor.
-
- Brian McMahon (BDM13) <MCMAHON@GRIN1.BITNET> <MCMAHON@AC.GRIN.EDU>
- Postmaster / Acad. Software Support Grinnell College Computer Services
- Grinnell, Iowa 50112 USA Voice: +1 515 269 4901 Fax: +1 515 269 4936
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