[comp.newprod] Release of PC Message Handling System

info@netix.com (04/24/91)

Netix Communications, Inc. is announcing a mail message handling system for
PCs.  The current release is Ver 1.1.

1. Security

	Since the operating systems for PCs usually do not provide a mechanism
	for user authentication, several locks have been included in 
	Netix Mail Handler for message submission, retrieval and checking 
	through using the following protocols:

	- Message Posting Protocol (MPP  RFC1204) 
	  (for submission authentication)
	- Post Office Protocol (POP3  RFC937)    
	  (for retrieval authentication)
	- Message Checking Protocol (MCP Netix proprietary protocol)
	  (for message checking)

	User has to correctly enter its password for submitting/retrieving
	messages.

2. Background Mailbox Checking (for PC!!)

	Since PC machines usually do not support mulitasking environment,  
	Netix Mail Handler provides a TSR message checking program for users 
	to check their mailbox status in background mode.

3. Full power of Message Handling

	Netix Mail Handler provides the following message handling 
	functionalities:

	- message composing (with option to choose the editor)
	- message redistribution
	- message forwarding
	- message replying-to
	- message incorporating (from mailbox or named file)
	- message submission
	- message displaying (with nice screen control)
	- message packing/unpacking
	- message scanning (with nice screen control)
	- message selection (by date or text-string constraints)
	- message sorting
	- message annotation
	- message refiling (to named folder)
	- message deletion
	- message queuing (store the out-going mail in a submit queue)
	- mail alias resolution	
	- system-level alias addressing
	
	- folder creation
	- folder switching
	- folder deletion
	- folder information query

All the file/directory management mechanisms are directly used for message
and folder handling.  

4. Configurability

	User can configure the following system options:

	- frequency of automatic message checking
	- editor
	- ethernet interface
	- modem interface
	- IP address of domain name server
	- hostname of MPP server
	- hostname of POP3 server
	- hostname of MCP server
	- hostname of SMTP server
	- IP address of router/gateway
	- port number (for MPP, MCP, POP3)
	
5. Reachability

	The entire design of Netix Mail Handler fully complies with RFC 822.  
	As long as the mailbox names in the message header are valid RFC 822 
	addresses, and user's network is well interconnected with Internet, 
	the message will be able to reach anywhere as directed by its sender.

6. Library

	The lower level protocols (TCP, IP and interface drivers) were 
	modified based on the CMU and MIT PC/IP libraries.

7. Operation mode

	The Netix Mail Handler provides users with three types interface mode:

	- menu driven (various sub-systems will be generated once user 
	  initiates the IMAIL main program)
	- visual mail handling system  (an interactive window based working
	  environment which can accept single-character commands)
	- separate commands with variety of command line options

8. Hardware supported
 
	Netix Mail Handler currently

	- supports MPP on Sun-3, Sun-4, SPARC (with SunOS 4.0 or higher) 
	  and PC (DOS 3.0 or higher) platforms;
	- supports MCP on Sun3, Sun4, SPARC (with SunOS 4.0 or higher); 
	- supports Mail Handler on PC (DOS 3.0 or higher) platforms;
	- supports 3Com, Western Digital and SLIP network interface.

9. Purchasing and Price Information

	   Part Number             Product Name                    Price

        NMS1001                 Netix Mail Handler              $550.00
        NMS1002                 Netix MPP (DOS Version)         $180.00 **
        NMS1003                 Netix MPP (Unix Version)        $300.00 **
        NMS1004                 Netix MCP (Client)              $250.00 &&
        NMS1005                 Netix MCP (Server for Unix)     $250.00 ** &&
        NMS1006                 Netix SMTP (Server for DOS)     $120.00 &&
        NMS1007                 Netix Mail Documentation Set    $150.00

        **  ONE server module can provide service for FIVE client modules.
	&&  optional
	
	End Users are eligible for a volume discount of 10% at quantity 10 
	of client modules (i.e. 2 sever modules) and 20% at quantity 30 of
	client modules (i.e. 6 server modules).

	A signed End User Agreement is required for all end users.

9. Misc

	The size of the entire package is a little bit higher than 2-Mega.
	In the next release, a news reader program (for contacting NNTP 
	server) will be available.

	For more information or purchasing requests, contact:

	- email:  	info@netix.com
	
	- phone:	(714) 727-9335

	- FAX:		(714) 727-3922

	- US Mail	Netix Communications, Inc.
			15375 Barranca Parkway, A-215
			Irvine, California 92718


-- 
Shannon Yeh
Internet1: yeh@netix.com		Phone: (714) 727-9335
Internet2: syeh@ics.uci.edu		FAX:   (714) 727-3922
Internet3: yeh@beijing.netix.com