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From: robin@csun.edu (Robin Goldstone )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: email for Macintosh
Keywords: email Macintosh Unix
Message-ID: <2219@csun.edu>
Date: 26 Jun 89 18:46:56 GMT
References: <7278@cg-atla.UUCP> <32626@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: robin@csun.edu (Robin Goldstone (Chico-MGR))
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Organization: California State University, Northridge
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In article <32626@apple.Apple.COM> rewing@Apple.COM (Richard Ewing) writes:
>Run, do not walk, and get Quickmail from CE sofware.  This is probably the most
>flexible package to date, is very fast, handles large groups over multiple
>servers with ease, and due to its open architecture, can be modified to
>handle Compuserve, MCI Mail, Genie, and a variety of other sources.  In 
>addition, Star*Nine, the A/UX enhancement people have introduced a Quickmail
>called mail*link SMTP which allows any Macintosh uses TCP/IP and SMTP protocols
>to send mail directly to Unix machines, vaxen, or anything else that suppors
>SMTP.  Localtalk machines will need a Kinetics fastpath or cayman gatorbox
>or some equivelent IP/DDP router.
>
>--Rick Ewing
>  Apple Atlanta
>  REWING@APPLE.COM

I have done some testing of Quickmail and found it to be much slower 
than Microsoft Mail in terms of communication with the mail server.
For example, system startup takes nnearly 30 seconds
longer than normal while QuickMail queries the server
Quickmail has some nice features such as conferencing,
but I found the product to be anything but 'quick'.
StarNine has announced support for microsoft mail
and tops mail in the near future.  I will hold out
until then since our users are committed to
ms mail.

Robin Goldstone,  CSU, Chico (guest on csun)
robin@csuchico.edu