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From: t-cohen@microsoft.UUCP (Chris Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: What to do for mail?
Message-ID: <1820@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 88 20:21:11 GMT
References: <19880822142451.5.ROB@PADDINGTON.MIT.EDU> <2791@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Organization: Microsoft, Inc., Redmond, Washington
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In article <2791@bgsuvax.UUCP>, denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) writes:
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> Stanford's program, from tidbits that I have found on the net is an
> application (as opposed to a da), can not notify you of incoming mail,
> and is not suitable for mac to mac mail.  I have not seen the package,
> literature on it, or anything else concrete, so I can't be sure of my info
> on it.
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Since I was one of the two people who designed and implemented this while I 
was at Stanford I'll make some comments:

  - I don't know if this has been officially released yet, or when (if) it
    will be available to the public

  - it is _not_ intended to be a Mac-to-Mac mailer, but is supposed to provide
    a friendly user interface to a Unix mail system (such as that running 
    at Stanford).

  - it requires a mail-server running SMTP (usually a UNIX host of some sort)

  - it provides similar functionality to the popular UNIX based mailers (such
    as MH) with the obvious advantages of the Mac interface

  - it also incorporates an "address-book" feature, with direct cut-and-paste
    to and from messages

  - fully MultiFinder compatible

  - it's implemented in MacApp


Michael Cohen
Program Manager, Networking
Microsoft Corp.


Disclaimer (as usual): opinions are all mine