Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!ctrsol!srcsip!ellington!jkimball From: jkimball@SRC.Honeywell.COM (John Kimball) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: providing email service to Macs and PCs Keywords: email options for PCs and Macs, POP, etc Message-ID: <33616@srcsip.UUCP> Date: 4 Oct 89 12:38:19 GMT Sender: news@src.honeywell.COM Reply-To: jkimball@src.honeywell.com () Distribution: na Organization: Honeywell Systems & Research Center Lines: 27 Here's another of those "I wasn't interested the last time this discussion went by, but now I am". Our Macintosh and PC users (misguided souls! :-)) are becoming more and more interested in using Internet/UUCP mail. So far, we've accomodated them by finding them logins on Suns or Vaxen. But it's getting to the point where it would be nice to set up some kind of server (preferably on a Sun) which would allow them to compose, send, and read mail from their Macs or PCs. (This would eliminate the need to show them how to use a Unix or VMS editor, how to upload/download files, etc.) What options are out there, for providing email service to Macs and PCs? What are the pros and cons of the various options? What's freely redistributable? (I recall hearing about the Post Office Protocol, but I recall nothing beyond the name, and the fact that there's an RFC. I believe our Mac people have POP client software.) Thanks muchly in advance, and I'll summarize to the net if there's any interest. John Kimball Inet: jkimball@src.honeywell.com Honeywell Systems and Research Center postmaster@src.honeywell.com, etc Computer Sciences/Software Technology uucp: !srcsip!jkimball 3660 Technology Drive, MN65-2100 phone: 612-782-7343 fax: 612-782-7438 Minneapolis, MN 55418-1006