karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) (07/02/90)
We're looking for a package (PD, Shareware or commercial is fine) that will give us Email connectivity with Unix machines. We have uShare loaded on a Sun workstation. It comes with a Mail desk accessory which, unfortunately, doesn't work at all (it gives System Bombs and fails to write or delete messages). This service DOES, however, permit printer and file services, and those aspects appear to work properly. We need email connectivity. Ideally the package would interact with the Unix system such that you could use Unix mailboxes, although I am willing to settle for a daemon that reads the Unix mailbox and re-writes in a Mac-style format somewhere else... or even something that is opened and runs in the background receiving via SMTP (we have Multifinder on our machines). Help! Commercial informaiton is fine, as are pointers to things or phone calls (even from salesmen!). We can FTP if needed as well. This is a high priority item; any and all help appreciated. Note that the reply address is NOT the same as where this message is being posted from (I'm at home right now and prefer to receive replies at work). Please email rather than post replies. Thanks! -- Karl Denninger (kdenning@ksun.naitc.com, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl) AC Nielsen, Bannockburn, IL (708) 317-3285
schoff@psi.com ("Martin Lee Schoffstall") (07/05/90)
Cayman has a nice system called GatorMail which will provide this, they are located in Cambridge, MA and via email at cayman.com. Good Luck, Marty ------------ We're looking for a package (PD, Shareware or commercial is fine) that will give us Email connectivity with Unix machines. We have uShare loaded on a Sun workstation. It comes with a Mail desk accessory which, unfortunately, doesn't work at all (it gives System Bombs and fails to write or delete messages). This service DOES, however, permit printer and file services, and those aspects appear to work properly. We need email connectivity. Ideally the package would interact with the Unix system such that you could use Unix mailboxes, although I am willing to settle for a daemon that reads the Unix mailbox and re-writes in a Mac-style format somewhere else... or even something that is opened and runs in the background receiving via SMTP (we have Multifinder on our machines). Help! Commercial informaiton is fine, as are pointers to things or phone calls (even from salesmen!). We can FTP if needed as well. This is a high priority item; any and all help appreciated. Note that the reply address is NOT the same as where this message is being posted from (I'm at home right now and prefer to receive replies at work). Please email rather than post replies. Thanks! -- Karl Denninger (kdenning@ksun.naitc.com, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl) AC Nielsen, Bannockburn, IL (708) 317-3285
mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin) (07/07/90)
Consider MacMS from Stanford University. Contact person is Bill
Yeager, e-mail address yeager@sumex-aim.stanford.edu.
It uses the IMAP protocol (RFC-1064) to access mail with a Unix system
as the central mail agent. It's a neat package!
Unlike most POP-based systems it scales well for large mailboxes and
on lower-speed networks (e.g. cross-country or international). Of
course, it also works quite well on high-speed networks. One of the
best features is a unique message searching capability.
I have a compatible package for the NeXT computer: MailManager and the
novice-oriented EasyMail.
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