fitz@CIVE.RI.CMU.EDU (Kerien Fitzpatrick) (10/15/87)
Well, if there are any other people that were waiting for Intermail 1.5 upgrades you might as well try and find some sucker to purchase the software and then go out and buy Inbox. I talked to people at Microsoft and they are not planning on releasing the 1.5 upgrade until some time in December. The reason I stated that the shaft was complete is that the 1.5 upgrade will NOT have the ability to create aliases for groups of people. It is my opinion that Interactive Network Technologies (located in Mass.) have not been honest in their dealings with me. Promises were not kept. An example: I was promised that the first version would have the create group ability. This promise was subsequently repeated 2 months later and then 3 months after that. With the recent developments, I decided to take a first-hand look at Inbox. I saw a version with three connections and the response was sooooo slow I thought the machine had hung. It looks to me like the Mac-based email is a no-win situation now, but hopefully it will get better. If anyone knows of better email software I would appreciate it if they would send me the name of a person to contact. Words to live by: Base decisions on Reality and not Blue Sky. Kerien Fitzpatrick Carnegie Mellon University The Robotics Institute Field Robotics Center Pittsburgh, PA 15213 fitz@cive.ri.cmu.edu DISCLAIMER: Opinions stated are my own (and have been tempered) and are not to be considered those of my employer.
singer@endor.harvard.edu (Richard Siegel) (10/15/87)
In article <173@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> fitz@CIVE.RI.CMU.EDU (Kerien Fitzpatrick) writes: >With the recent developments, I decided to take a first-hand look at Inbox. >I saw a version with three connections and the response was sooooo slow I >thought the machine had hung. It looks to me like the Mac-based email is a That's interesting. I've been using a Mac SE on an AppleTalk net consisting of two message centers, about 40 Macs, and two Hayes InterBridge units. The response was never slow enough to make me thing the machine was hung up. Tell me more about the net; was the MC running in the background with something else (AppleShare, for example)? Response is very good when the MC is foreground. --Rich **The opinions stated herein are my own opinions and do not necessarily represent the policies or opinions of my employer (THINK Technologies, Inc). * Richard M. Siegel | {decvax, ucbvax, sun}!harvard!endor!singer * * Customer Support | singer@endor.harvard.edu * * THINK Technologies, Inc. (No snappy quote) *