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January 1992 -- Infinite Technologies (Owings Mills, MD) announces new DOS
and Windows versions of its flagship MHS electronic mail packages with a
number of new features and three bundled MHS utilities at no extra charge.
The new features include an improved message editor with cut & paste and a
smoother word-wrap; CC: and Bcc: (blind carbon copy) addressing support
and multiple-attachment handling. An ExpressIT! Electronic Mail 5-user
license is available for $299 (all prices suggested US resale at
participating dealers or direct; reseller inquiries invited; license
limits refer to concurrent users). A 10-user license is $499, 25-user
$699, 100-user $999, unlimited $1,999 and 30-day evaluation copies are
free. The ExpressIT! E-Mail Windows Client upgrade is $299 per MHS host.
Updates to either are free for one full year.

The three free utilities add speed and convenience to MHS operations.
SendIT! lets people or batch files launch MHS mail messages, even
including attachments, from the command line. MHS-swap lets MHS hubs cycle
through their gateway operations at unprecedented speed by doing memory
roll-out swaps to local RAM instead of MHS-default file server drives.
MHSbPlus lets MHS version 1.5c hubs enjoy the higher performance of B-Plus
protocol sessions (normally only available for connections with the
CompuServe CServe MHS hub) when connecting to each other.

The two hallmarks of ExpressIT! mail - its remarkable simplicity and its
exemplary small RAM footprint (less than 2K) - are still evident in this
new version, as are all of its characteristic features. These include
multiple mail folders for easy filing and retrieval; ASCII file import and
export; message searches based on sender and on message text; personal
address books and nicknames to simplify even lengthy extended MHS
addresses; a registered MHS mail log, group and mailing-list addressing
support; and more.

Also, the ExpressIT! Directory Assistant automatically distributes user
directory lists among ExpressIT! systems without requiring central
directory administration, and only within limits selected by the hub
administrator.

The ExpressIT! E-Mail Windows Client adds a number of Windows-specific
features, including multiple on-screen windows for viewing and creating
messages, and automatic application launching to view attachments. It also
supports To:, CC: and BCC: (blind carbon copy) addressing; adds an MHS
activity log viewer (see when a remote host last connected); and lets the
MHS hub administrator activate or deactivate other hosts from within
ExpressIT! International character handling is also very much improved in
version 1.1.

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January 1992 -- Infinite Technologies (Owings Mills, MD) announces a new
NetWare MHS gateway that connects popular NetWare MHS-based electronic
mail systems to alphanumeric or full-text (standard IXO protocol) pagers.
This one-way message route to off-site users can be an effective link to
both people and network operations. Many network management systems can
already generate MHS messages the gateway can relay to managers,
independent of work schedules; in fact, any computer operation can be
adapted to generate such messages. It also provides immediate notification
of critical messages from people, and is an alternative to traditional
alpha (full text) paging terminal message entry. Ag an all-software MHS
gateway, it uses the existing MHS hub computer and modem. The new Infinite
Technologies PageIT! Alphanumeric Pager MHS Gateway supporting one or two
pagers is available for 5199 per MHS hub (all prices suggested US resale
at participating dealers or direct; reseller inquiries invited). A five
pager version is $299, ten-pager $499, unlimited $699.

ComputerLand Northwest (Baltimore) President Steve Orr says, "Infinite
Technologies' latest product, for which they have an exclusive, allows
network users with any MHS-compatible e-mail program to send messages
directly to people in the field who are equipped with alphanumeric pagers.
This has a strong appeal to service organizations. Technicians and support
personnel need only carry a pager with a small display to receive
messages. No longer will they have to stop and use the phone to determine
the nature of the page."

Sites can tailor PageIT! to each pager's specifications and user
preferences. Its intelligent page-status routines automatically cope with
busy or no-answer paging systems. And with the Infinite Technologies
ForwardIT! message redirector ($199), users can automatically have their
e-mail forwarded to their alpha pagers.

30-day evaluation versions of these and most other Infinite Technologies
products are free.

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January 1992 -- Infinite Technologies (Owings Mills, MD) announces a new
utility for MHS e-mail systems that routes messages and attached files to
specific NetWare print queues on the hub Novell network. It remote-prints
first-generation originals, completely unattended, with much better
resolution than fax. It works with any available queued printer, so remote
label or forms printing is as easy as remote laser or draft printing. Even
within a site, it can make file copies messages, simply by listing a print
queue as one of a message's addresses. New MhsQ! software is available for
$99 (all prices suggested US resale at participating dealers or direct;
reseller inquiries invited).

MhsQ! gives out-of-office workers access to network printers. It makes
possible automatic multi-site report forwarding and printing. And it
offers new flexibility for automatic processes that can now send their
results to remote sites without operator intervention.

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January 1992 -- Infinite Technologies (Owings Mills, MD) introduces a new
utility for NetWare MHS hubs that supports extremely flexible default,
workday, weekend and holiday scheduling of hub activities. This can
significantly reduce long distance costs, speed message handling and add
control to existing and new process automation through the hub. Each host
connection and each gateway invocation can have its own schedule,
including the ability to selectively disable it -pending traffic or
absolutely - for specified periods. A hub administrator can define any
automated task as a scheduled gateway with a companion task-launching
utility. The new MHS Scheduler and companion RunIT! gateway job launcher
utility are available for $199 per MHS hub (all prices suggested US resale
at participating dealers or direct; inquiries invited).

Infinite President Brett Warthen offers this example of the cost savings
available through MHS Scheduler: "If a site is calling long distance to
NHUB or paying the CompuServe° fees for the CServe hub service, it does 50
at a given schedule - perhaps once an hour around the clock. MHS doesn't
limit these connections to any particular time period. A typical 9600 bps
call to CServe to check for new mail costs 45¢; that's $10.80 per day or
$75.60 per week. MHS Scheduler can maintain hourly calls from 8 to 5 on
weekdays, and only when there's outbound traffic at other times. This cuts
connect-time charges to $22.50 per week, saving more than $212 per month.
In other words, MHS Scheduler can pay for itself in its first month of
use."

The extraordinary ability of MHS Scheduler to coordinate specific
activities at specific times has applications beyond traditional message
gateways. It's possible to schedule tape backup sessions, lengthy database
reindexing runs, reporting activities and other self-completing jobs by
scheduling them as gateway tasks. The RunIT! utility makes this level of
automation as easy as running a batch file; further, it can invoke tasks
based on commands within incoming MHS messages as well as on a scheduled
basis.

30-day evaluation versions of these and most other Infinite Technologies
products are free.

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January 1992 -- Infinite Technologies (Owings Mills, MD) introduces a new
automated agent for NetWare MHS hubs that automatically fulfills e-mail
requests for files by attaching them to return messages. It responds to
keywords it finds on an incoming message's Subject: line; some of these
correspond to available files, some to requests for file lists or
assistance, requests to compress the return attachment, or passwords. New
MHS Librarian is available for $199 per hub (all prices suggested US
resale at participating dealers or direct; reseller inquiries invited).

For example, when a message includes the keyword "Index, " the MHS
Librarian return message includes a list of available files and the
keywords with which to fetch them. When it sees the keyword " Zip, " it
compresses the return file(s) into a single attachment, assuming the
appropriate compression utility is available to the hub. Each keyword can
have its own password.

Selected users can also be permitted to retrieve other files by explicit
named-path request; this requires a password. MHS Librarian comes with a
utility to provide a new password daily from a site's secret key, or to
use a fixed password, or a site can substitute a password generator of its
own.

MHS Librarian can also accept MHS extended address instructions to forward
requested files to someone other than the sender, and the forwarding can
itself go to an MHS extended address (typically a fax address or a user
address on another mail system).

The MHS hub administrator gets automatic notification of any incoming
messages with invalid keywords or other errors. Also, the system maintains
a complete text log of requestors, request dates and files sent.

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January 1992 -- Infinite Technologies (Owings Mills, MD) now offers five
small foot-print memory-resident utilities for NetWare LANs.

OnCall pops up to let network users enjoy screen-and-keyboard "chate", yet
runs in 0-2.5K of main memory. It's available for $99 per server ( all
prices suggested US resale at participating dealers or direct; reseller
inquiries invited).

The PopIT! ($99 per server) TSR menu system makes virtually any application
available from within its 2.5K pop-up window, without exiting an
application in progress.

I-Queue! ($199 per server, 0-2.5K footprint) pop up control over NetWare
print queues and capture parameters, including timeout. It manages all
available print queues and servers, supports captures to files, selects
forms and how many copies, monitors queue job status and more. It enters
printer set-up strings at the keyboard or from existing printdef
information. It can enable or disable form feeds, tab expansion (selecting
text or binary modes) and banners. It lets queue operators delete print
jobs, copy or move them among queues or reorder the job sequence. It also
includes the ONHold utility, which lets users submit print jobs that will
not be run until a later time, or until manually released from their "on
hold" status.

CastAway! ($99 per server, footprint under 2.5K) tames NetWare 25th-line
message broadcasts from its send command, which normally freeze the
receiving PC until a user manually clears the message. CastAway! pops up a
graphic notification of an incoming message broadcast, but keeps it from
interrupting the application in progress. It also pops up a window to let
users send, receive and reply to broadcast messages. CastAway! is included
in all Infinite Technologies ExpressIT! network electronic mail systems.

MHS Notify ($99 per server) sends a NetWare 25th-line message to any user
for whom e-mail arrives; it's especially effective in concert with
CastAway! as a small-footprint non-intrusive MHS mail notification system.
It rung resident on a NetWare MHS hub, where it monitors MHS activities.
Ag soon as MHS routes a message to any local user, it knows and responds.
MHS Notify is also included in all Infinite Technologies ExpressIT!
network electronic mail systems.

Infinite Technologies
11403 Cronhill Drive, Suite D, Owings Mills, MD 21117
[phone]; fax: [phone]

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