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Subject: Re:  Mail for the mac and smtp
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Date: 7 Feb 90 17:06:35 GMT
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> >Major disadvantage:
> >MacIP and MacMH don't yet work with Apple's MacTCP.
> 
>  Not true.  I've been using version 4.0, which works with MacTCP,
>  since last September.  You might want to contact them again.
>  Their address is macip@jessica.stanford.edu.

OK, OK, (speaking loudly to be heard over the roar of incoming
requests), here's the story on SU-Mac/IP 4.0.

First, we are NOT yet distributing it generally, but we're very close.
(In my lap sits a draft of the user's manual, festooned with post-its
and red ink.)  Current timeline is end of February.  (As a side-note,
there's nothing like actually putting out a software product to make
one sympathetic of all the problems that real vendors must have.)

SU-Mac/IP 4.0 does indeed run over Apple's MacTCP, which will be
distributed with it.  The package includes its traditional components,
"Mac/IP" which is a Telnet/FTP/Finger/Whois client, and "Mac/MH" which
is a POP-3/SMTP client for incoming and outgoing mail respectively.  A
new feature is "SU-lpr", a desk accessory that sends text files to
Unix lpd servers.  Mac/IP has been extended quite a bit with some nice
ease-of-use features, while Mac/MH is virtually unchanged other than
the new transport.

SU-Mac/IP will continue to be licensed only to degree-granting
institutions of higher education.  I believe that when 4.0 is ready we
intend to contact current licensees about upgrade procedures.  For
more info, please do contact macip@jessica.stanford.edu (not me, and
not "networking@jessica"), but don't expect info about 4.0 for another
couple of weeks.

 - RL "Bob" Morgan
   Networking Systems
   Stanford