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From: jlk@siesoft.co.uk (Jim Kissel)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: EMAIL for IBM PC's - SMTP Ethernet service
Message-ID: <1990Jul24.140629.29136@siesoft.co.uk>
Date: 24 Jul 90 14:06:29 GMT
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In article <1990Jul16.204030.4818@naitc.uucp> kdenning@nis.naitc.com writes:
>
>We're looking for a PC-based SMTP Email package for MSDOS.
>
>Requirements:
>1)	Must coexist with PC/NFS or something similar (we're willing
>	to look at other packages for file service as well).

EPS, Siemens' Electronic Postal Services co-exists with PC/NFS from SUN, or 
with DFS, Siemens' own implementation of NFS for MS-DOS
>
>2)	Should allow for keeping of the mail on the SERVER.  We definately
>	do not want each PC to have a local copy of the email!

All mail remains on the server.  EPS is a distributed application with the
presentation handled by the PC, and the storage maintained by the server (Unix)

>
>3)	Can either use a "daemon pickup" type of outgoing mail capability 
>	(where the client puts the mail in an "outbox" and a daemon
>	processes it for delivery), or a direct SMTP connection to the 
>	server.  Either is acceptable.

EPS interfaces directly to SMTP.  EPS has no knowledge of addresses and uses
sendmail to sort out all routing.  Incomming mail is delivered to the server,
and when you log in the server, the headers are down loaded to the pc.  When
you request to read a message, then and only then is the message copied
to the PC.  Any pc can log in the the server.  Any number of users can
use the same pc (but not at the same time)
>
>4)	Must be full-screen and "windowey".  No line-oriented packages need
>	apply.

EPS is a windows 2.1 based application. Windows 3.0 will be supported shortly.

>
>5)	Must co-exist with Unix accounts on the same machine; that is,
>	if can't "steal" email from existing Unix accounts unless the user
>	specifies so (or an administrator does).

EPS cannot steal anything.  You need only to change the Unix mail aliases file
to direct mail to you EPS account.  You can also have it delivered to both
a EPS account and the standard /user/spool/mail/user-name.

>
>6)	Should be reasonable to acquire; we're looking at perhaps 100 copies
>	or more, and if it's too expensive I'll just write it myself!

For commercial terms contact Hr. Schmid-Heizer
				Siemens Ag
				Otto Han Ring 6, D-8000
				Munich, 83, Germany
		phone	+49 89 636 49021
		fax	+49 89 636 41208

for technical info contact either myself jlk@siesoft.co.uk
or Gordon Michael gordon@siesoft.co.uk

>
>7)	Should not be a TSR.  It >is< acceptable for the client to read
>	the mail off a net USE'd drive; in fact, that may be preferrable.
>	For outgoing transmission an SMTP connection would appear to be
>	ideal.

EPS is not a TSR.  It is an MS-Windows application.
>
>8)	Ease of use is a must; folder support and the like is a big plus.

EPS contains the usual point and click interface of MS-Windows.  There is
both a user and system wide address book.  binaries can be attached (uuencoded)

>
>Commercial and free packages welcome.  If we can't find one, we'll have to
>write it from scratch.  Whatever is recommended has to be usable in a
>commercial environment; we definately will be doing that.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>--
>Karl Denninger
>kdenning@ksun.naitc.com
>(708) 317-3285

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