Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!image.soe.clarkson.edu!news
From: k500@image.soe!clutx.clarkson.edu (collins anthony g,,,)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: email , bulettin boards in a lan
Message-ID: <1989Jul22.211058.1702@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Date: 22 Jul 89 21:10:58 GMT
References: <2230016@hprnd.HP.COM>
Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu
Reply-To: k500@image.soe!clutx.clarkson.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Lines: 24


Consider this scenario.
There is a successful consulting company which has adopted computerisation
in a loose fashion. Thus they have collected a lot of PCs (standalone) and
a mini computer. This is an engineering, design oriented firm and is aiming
to put a pc in front of every engineer. The person in charge of this affair
(let us call him X)
is one of the senior project engineers(not a CS major). X is recently into
commercial bulletin boards like CompuServe and is fascinated by the idea
of a bulletin board which links all the company employees and improves
discussion and exchange of information and knowledge among various departments.

Now the questions-
1) Do various LAN suppliers also offer software to implement a bulletin board
   system ?
2) Is it possible to implement Email while networking the PCs?

These questions may seem very naive and I am sorry for that. But given the
 background of the problem can any of you offer any other suggestions.
Please email to k500@clutx.clarkson.edu
thanks

Arun