adam@mtund.UUCP (12/12/86)
> 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)