gillett@ceomax..dec.com (Christopher Gillett) (07/30/90)
I've heard from several people that there is a really slick mail processing
package available for the NeXT machine called "PostMaster". Further, this
package is supposed to be available from those fine folks at BusinessLand.
So, I dropped into every BusinessLand in the Boston/MetroWest area and
inquired about this package. Everyone there gave me these funny, demented
looks, and mumbled something about how they didn't know about the NeXT but
they could order software for it, but that they never heard of PostMaster.
So, NeXT people, tell me...does this software exist? If so, how can I get
a copy? How much does it cost?
Flame On.....
And why don't those BusinessLand people understand how nifty, neat,
and cool the NeXT really is?
.....Flame Off.
Thanks!
/Chris
P.S. All the standard disclaimers apply. These opinions are just my own
ravings and don't have anything to do with the official opininions
of Digital Equipment Corporation.
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Christopher Gillett gillett@ceomax.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation {decwrl,decpa}!ceomax.dec.com!gillett
Hudson, Taxachusetts (508) 568-7172mm5l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Mashyna) (07/31/90)
> Flame On..... > And why don't those BusinessLand people understand how nifty, neat, > and cool the NeXT really is? > .....Flame Off. I love it when you can hear them flipping through their price sheets over the phone. It really is amasing that with all the computer equipment in a computer that no one knows how to use one. I think that computer stores will become vast expances of computers in a lot. A guy in a checked suit will lure you into a trailer parked in the middle and talk financing with you. Well, I heard that at least with a car dealer you know when your being lied to. ============================================================================= |Matt Mashyna | "That is the most obscene abomination of a song... | |mm5l@andrew.cmu.edu | that is dirt, that is filth, that is trash. What | |Carnegie Mellon | possessed you to write such a disgusting, degenerate | | Every day is | type song as this ? ... And I'm complementing you by | | Earth Day. | considering it a song." - a critic | =============================================================================
gillett@ceomax..dec.com (Christopher Gillett) (08/01/90)
In article <kahNMOy00WB_0gAngE@andrew.cmu.edu> mm5l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Mashyna) writes: >> Flame On..... >> And why don't those BusinessLand people understand how nifty, neat, >> and cool the NeXT really is? >> .....Flame Off. > >I love it when you can hear them flipping through their price sheets over >the phone. It really is amasing that with all the computer equipment in >a computer that no one knows how to use one. Yup, that always struck me as a little strange. What I thought was bizarre was going into one of these stores, seeing a complete NeXT outfit (machine, laser printer, etc) sitting *turned off* and then being told that I couldn't boot it up because "nobody here knows anything about it". If I were a computer store owner, I'd have the thing right up front by the windows running cool software, playing music, singing, etc. If nothing else, the NeXT is the most radical looking machine in the place. The sad thing about it, of course, is that the machine will never gain the acceptance that it deserves because nobody knows how to market it. These guys should have taken a lesson from the Commodore Amiga people (who have, arguably, the most- or second-most cool machine around). Those who don't understand history are doomed to repeat it..... So, what about this PostMaster software? I still haven't heard anything about it. Anybody know anything about it? #include <standard_disclaimers> /Chris --- Christopher Gillett gillett@ceomax.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation {decwrl,decpa}!ceomax.dec.com!gillett Hudson, Taxachusetts (508) 568-7172
glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us (Glenn Reid) (08/01/90)
In article <436@e2big.mko.dec.com> gillett@ceomax.dec.com (Christopher Gillett) writes: >So, what about this PostMaster software? I still haven't heard anything >about it. Anybody know anything about it? PostMaster is a program that I wrote, but haven't quite finished. It is very usable by moderately UNIX-tolerant people, but not quite bullet- proof enough for the "mere mortal". For example, you still have to edit the /etc/ttys file by hand if you want your modem to auto-answer. PostMaster sets up and administers UUCP connections over a modem from a NeXT computer. It has a full NeXTStep interface and is pretty easy to use, and doesn't require much knowledge of UUCP to get it to work. It works best with Telebit modems, but will also work with Hayes-compatible modems and perhaps others. UUCP is the strange protocol that UNIX computers use to send each other mail and Usenet over modems, for those of you who were wondering. When I finish the other product that I'm working on, I'll finish up PostMaster and make it available, too. I hope that helps. Send me mail for more details or if you have questions. Glenn -- Glenn Reid PostScript/NeXT consultant glenn@heaven.woodside.ca.us Independent Software Developer ..{adobe,next}!heaven!glenn 415-851-1785