robert@hemingway.WEITEK.COM (Robert Plamondon) (12/21/88)
I'm looking for a mac mail package that will let me send mail
transparently between a bunch of macs on Appletalk and a bunch of
UNIX systems on Ethernet. I have TOPS and a ethernet-to-appletalk
box, but what seems to be missing is a mail program for the Mac
that's smart enough to forward stuff to the UNIX systems.
Cost is no object.
Any suggestions?
Robert
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"No Toon can resist the old 'Shave and a Hair-Cut'"quent@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Quent Johnson) (12/22/88)
In article <756@hemingway.WEITEK.COM> robert@hemingway.WEITEK.COM (Robert Plamondon) writes: > >I'm looking for a mac mail package that will let me send mail >transparently between a bunch of macs on Appletalk and a bunch of >UNIX systems on Ethernet. >........ Have you checked out Quickmail from CE Software? A representative of theirs gave a demo at our campus Mac users group meeting a couple of months ago. She said they have some kind of mail gateway options to allow sending mail to UNIX systems, MCI mail and so forth.
asher@UHURA.CC.ROCHESTER.EDU (Samuel Asher) (12/22/88)
> ...but what seems to be missing is a mail program for the Mac > that's smart enough to forward stuff to the UNIX systems. > > Cost is no object. > Is time an Object? If not, a combination of QuickMail and Star Nine relay software will do what you would like. I am told that they are in beta test (we requested to be a beta test site but haven't gotten word from Star Nine in the last month). QuickMail works nicely from Mac to Mac. Cayman is working with Microsoft on an Internet interface to MS-Mail, via its GatorBox. I hear that InBox, from TOPS, et. al., seems reluctant to share its interfaces with anybody (you would think that they were controlled by IBM, not Sun!) Does anyone know why? It's a really slick package for Mac-to-Mac. Then, Stanford Mac/IP 3.0 has good old MH, but you need a Post Office server to act as the go between if you want to transfer Mac to Mac. It is not nearly as user friendly as QuickMail, MS-Mail, and InBox, but it is the only thing out there that works today. It's nice to know that some people are big spenders. -Sam
ianh@merlin.bhpmrl.oz (Ian Hoyle) (01/04/89)
In article <756@hemingway.WEITEK.COM> robert@hemingway.WEITEK.COM (Robert Plamondon) writes: > >I'm looking for a mac mail package that will let me send mail >transparently between a bunch of macs on Appletalk and a bunch of >UNIX systems on Ethernet. I have TOPS and a ethernet-to-appletalk >box, but what seems to be missing is a mail program for the Mac >that's smart enough to forward stuff to the UNIX systems. > Some time ago Fred Holland (holland@m2.csc.ti.com) posted a script for CE Software's Quickmail. Haven't tried it myself though :-) -- /\/\ Ian Hoyle / / /\ BHP Melbourne Research Laboratories / / / \ 245 Wellington Rd, Mulgrave, 3170 / / / /\ \ AUSTRALIA \ \/ / / / \ / / / Phone : (03) 560 7066 \/\/\/ ACSnet : ianh@merlin.bhpmrl.oz Internet: ianh%merlin.bhpmrl.oz@uunet.uu.net
chris@cayman.COM (Chris North, Tech Support) (01/06/89)
> In article <756@hemingway.WEITEK.COM> robert@hemingway.WEITEK.COM (Robert Plamondon) writes: > >I'm looking for a mac mail package that will let me send mail > >transparently between a bunch of macs on Appletalk and a bunch of > >UNIX systems on Ethernet. I have TOPS and a ethernet-to-appletalk > >box, but what seems to be missing is a mail program for the Mac > >that's smart enough to forward stuff to the UNIX systems. The GatorBox from Cayman Systems of will support Unix <-> Microsoft Mail in early '89 (i.e. April). For more information contact me by mail or at the number below. Disclaimer: I have no connection with Cayman Systems except that I work for them. -- Chris North chris@cayman.COM Cayman Systems 26 Lansdowne Street Cambridge MA 02139 617-494-1999