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From: adam@mtund.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: multi-mail handlers.
Message-ID: <823@mtund.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 22:54:17 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 11 22:54:17 1986
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Organization: AT&T ISL Middletown NJ USA
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> We have a motley collection of systems: various Unix machines (SYS5 and
> BSD), VAX/VMS, Macintosh, IBM PC, Apolos, and probably some others that
> I don't know about.  Some of them are inter-connected, with little in 
> the way of communication between them.  We have some Macintosh users who 
> think that Appletalk is the wave of the future, and maybe they're right,
> but it's hard for them to send mail to PC or Apollo users.  The Unix
> users think that their mailer, giving them ties to machines all around
> the world, is God's (or at least AT&T's :-) answer to email, but they
> somehow can't get mail delivered to the Macusers.  And so on.
> 
> So.  What's your suggestion?  Keep in mind that we also have a lot of
> non-technical people.  Many of them are in love with the Mac's way of
> making documents, and they freak out when they see vi or emacs.  Any
> mailer that satisfies them must be extremely user-friendly.  Or else
> it must lurk in the background, picking up their Macmail and delivering
> it without their having to type any obscure Unix commands.  Similarly
> for the PC users.
> 
> 	John M Chambers			Phone: 617/364-2000x7304

AT&T sells software called PMX (Private Mail Exchange) which establishes
a private computer mail network among UNIX (tm) machines and AT&T 6300-
compatible PCs (such as IBM), as well as other machines such as the Mac.
Its user interface is similar to AT&T Mail, and it can be very friendly
to non-technical users (such as the majority of AT&T Mail customers).
PMX is also compatible with AT&T Mail for sending hardcopy letters, telex
messages etc. The US phone number for information about PMX and AT&T Mail
is 1-800-367-7225, ext. 607. The corresponding direct phone is
1-201-271-3760. Good luck,
					Adam Reed (ihnp4!mtund!adam)