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- Santa Monica, CA, February 5, 1992 -- Retix, a leading worldwide supplier
- of Open Networking products, today expanded its OpenServer 400 series of
- X.400 based messaging solutions with a new version of OpenServer 400 and
- two additional gateway Products. The company has added an OS/2 version to
- its current line of popular OpenServer 400 products which includes
- versions for DOS and UNIX (both SCO and Interactive versions). In
- addition, Retix has introduced a new Microsoft Mail for PC Networks
- Gateway to X400 and a new version of the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer
- Protocol) Gateway to X.400, expanding its current suite of gateway
- products. Now, users in each of the major operating system environments,
- using virtually any e-mail system, can benefit from OpenServer 400's
- messaging solution.
-
- The OpenServer 400 Product Family
-
- Retix OpenServer 400 products allow users to link otherwise incompatible
- mail systems to one another, creating a cohesive, enterprise-wide
- messaging environment. All OpenServer 400 products provide a distributed
- solution based on widely-accepted industry and ISO international
- standards. In addition, OpenServer 400 products can be combined with an
- extensive suite of gateways from Retix and other vendors to gain access to
- virtually every popular e-mail and mail-enabled application in use today.
- OpenServer 400 for OS/2
-
- OpenServer 400 for OS/2 is designed to take full advantage of the
- multi-tasking OS/2 Version 1.3 operating system, providing users with
- improved performance and increased capacity for their enterprise-wide
- messaging networks. Key benefits of the OS/2 version include: better
- memory utilization and increased performance for more efficient service to
- large numbers of users; the ability to run OpenServer 400 and selected
- e-mail server applications on a single machine; and a graphical OpenServer
- Configuration Utility (OCU) running under Presentation Manager that
- simplifies configuration and set-up.
-
- "Now that we have a version of OpenServer 400 for OS/2, as well as DOS and
- UNIX, we can address the full spectrum of users that need to establish
- enterprise-wide messaging," said Mark Fishburn, vice president and general
- manager of Retix' OSI Product Unit.
-
- New Gateway Products
-
- Retix also expanded its family of gateways which work in conjunction with
- OpenServer 400 to give users of PC LAN-based e-mail systems
- interoperability with a wide range of other e-mail systems, mainframe and
- minicomputer based systems and public mail networks that support X.400.
-
- The new Microsoft (MS) Mail for PC Networks Gateway provides MS
- Mail-to-X.400 format conversion and transmission, allowing users of MS
- Mail for PC Networks (formerly Consumer Software's Network Courier e-mail
- package) to send messages and receive messages from users of other e-mail
- systems. In fact, to the MS Mail user, users of other email systems appear
- as if they were using the same mail system; the gateway simply maps the MS
- Mail address to the X.400 address transparently.
-
- The Retix SMTP Gateway to X.400 works in a similar fashion, providing
- SMTP-to-X.400 format conversion and transmission facilities, so that users
- of UNIX e-mail systems (RFC 822 mailers) obtain access to other e-mail
- systems and mail networks. Using the SMTP Gateway in combination with
- OpenServer 400, users can send messages or files throughout an enterprise
- using any e-mail package that supports RFC 822. The new version of the
- gateway announced today adds support for SCO UNIX (to the previously
- supported Interactive version), as well as MMDF-II, a popular SCO UNIX
- mailer.
-
- "Microsoft has a significant market share in the LAN-based e-mail world
- with MS Mail for PC Networks, and UNIX mailers are used heavily in both
- government and academic sectors," said James Neiser, associate vice
- president of marketing for the Retix OSI Product Unit. "In conjunction
- with our OpenServer Partners, we can now provide X.400-based
- interoperability to e-mail users in virtually every market sector."
-
- The MS Mail for PC Networks and SMTP Gateways to X.400 join the growing
- number of gateways supplied by Retix and its OpenServer Partners to
- provide access to popular e-mail and mail-enabled applications. Additional
- gateways to X.400 are currently available for users of 3Com, cc:Mail,
- NetWare MHS, OfficeWorks, MS Mail for Macintosh and WordPerfect, among
- others.
-
- Pricing and Availability
-
- OpenServer for OS/2 is available 60 days ARO and begins at $5,950, U.S.
- list. The Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Gateway to X.400 and the new
- version of the SMTP Gateway to X.400 are available 60 days ARO. Pricing
- for both gateways begins at $1,795, U.S. list. The products will be
- demonstrated, along with OpenServer 400, at Networld Boston, February
- 11-13,1992 in Boston, Massachusetts, booth 121.
-
- Retix is a leading worldwide supplier of Open Networking products to the
- end user and OEM markets. Founded in 1985, Retix designs, manufactures and
- markets both OSI software and internetworking bridges and routers to end
- users, OEMs, systems integrators, value-added resellers and distributors.
- Retix has more than 200 OSI OEM licensees throughout the world and has
- sold over 25,000 bridges and routers. Retix' shares are traded on the
- NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol "RETX".
-
- Retix, 2401 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90404
- 310-828-3400
-
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