Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:1569 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:185 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!fang!sbd From: sbd@dsto.oz.au (Scott Davis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Quickmail (summary) Message-ID: Date: 23 Jul 90 20:30:46 GMT Sender: news@fang.dsto.oz Organization: Information Technology Division, DSTO Salisbury Lines: 40 A couple of weeks ago, I posted a request for information/experience of running QuickMail on a mixed environment of Macintoshes and PCs. I received several requests to post a summary, from people who are also considering a similar setup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mark@shiva.com We've (Shiva, that is) been using QuickMail for about 8 months, mostly on Macs, but also with a few PCs thrown into the melee. In general, the PCs have been AT class 386 machines running TOPS 2.1 (and now 3.0). It seems to work OK, but works much better on PCs equipped with mice. From: anders@macpost.lu.se At my department we have an AppleShare server whoch also functions as a QuickMail server. We have approx. 10 Macs and 2 PCs connected. QuickMail and AppleShare are available on both OSes. QuickMail works fine on the PCs! There is, however, a slight nuisance with QuickMail PC. It needs memory and the PCs are not the most memory-rich machines. A PC that loads AppleShare software and software for automatic mail notification cannot load any more programs! Our workaround is to skip the mail notification which means that the PC user has to check periodically if there is any mail. This nuisance can probably be solved by MS-DOS knowledgable persons but it has not been worth the effort here. I can definitely recommend QuickMail PC! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope this helps other people in the same position as we are. We will be getting a copy of quickmail PC soon. (When finances permit) Scott Davis -- Scott Davis Phone (08) 259 6360 Information Technology Division, Defence Science and Technology Organisation Salisbury, South Australia sbd@itd.dsto.oz.au