shmuli@humus.huji.ac.il (shmuel browns) (03/16/88)
I've been looking at mail systems for Appletalked Macs and have been sadly disappointed with what is currently available, which is as far as I can tell: i) Videx ii) Top Express iii) InterMail iv) InBox If anyone knows of other programs, I'd appreciate knowing. I'm interested in being able to send multi-media messages, i.e. text with various fonts, graphics, sound, animation, etc., a kind of cross between Ready, Set, Go, HyperCard and VideoWorks II (BTW, does anyone know anything about VideoWorks Interactive, the VW program that is supposed to interface to HyperCard - is it available, price, etc.) from Mac to Mac over AppleTalk. I need to be able to transfer these messages, compressed would be nice, unattended or in the background, over one of the university nets like Usenet or Bitnet. I've come across 2 leads & would appreciate any information and a contact: i) A Mac mail program (Stanford) that provides MH functionality using a UNIX mail server. ii) MacMessages, a Mac program that integrates with the Andrew Message System (CMU). (If you know about Andrew, could you tell me if there is a group like INFO-ANDREW or something where things are discussed - I'd sure like to subscribe). Thanks. Shmuel
rj0e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Richard A. Jones") (03/18/88)
Here is some information on MacMessages... MacMessages is a (limeted) port of the Andrew Message program to the Macintosh so students can send and recieve mail from their Macintosh. It is unlikely that it will be multi-media because the media that Messages is 'multi' in are all Andrew specific. True, they could be ported, but it unlikely that it will happen. This will not give you the solution you seek as it will not work with Mac programs. One idea i have for a soln is using Appleshare drop boxes - there are ways to have Atalk going over internets (Cayman and Kinetics boxes), so conceivably, you could 'drag' a message (read document from Hypercard etc) into the drop box - then the message/document goes across the net. there are indeed limitations, and i can discuss them further if anyone is really interested. in sort though, MacMessages, though what you want in spirit, isn't quite what you want in reality. rick jones please note - i am not a part of the Andrew Message Group. my knowledge comes from being a part of the student led group that put the thorn in their side to get MacMessages going. for more official information, you can send mail to advisor@andrew.cmu.edu - he/she then can/may refer you to a member of the Messages group