bh11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Braddock John Hathaway) (03/08/91)
Is there any mail program that will go across an appletalk network besides microsoft mail? Ideally, I'd be able to include graphics in my mail message (eg: have a .sig file with a picture of the sender) and have it shown when the mail message is read by the recipient. With Microsoft mail, it is necessary to paste the picture into a file and include the file in a mail message ... but this requires the user to have an application open that can read the document. Maybe this is just wishful thinking, but ... Thanks, Brad (bh11@andrew.cmu.edu)
drg@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu (David Gutierrez) (03/08/91)
In article <0bpbA3e00Uh7A1okpA@andrew.cmu.edu> bh11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Braddock John Hathaway) writes: > Ideally, I'd be able to include graphics > in my mail message (eg: have a .sig file with a picture of the > sender) and have it shown when the mail message is read by the > recipient. I think QuickMail might do what you want. Each user could use QM Forms to create his own custom form with his .sig. I don't know if it'll let you paste in a picture; it will let you import an icon from a MacPaint file. David Gutierrez drg@mdaali.cancer.utexas.edu "Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard
rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink) (03/12/91)
From article <0bpbA3e00Uh7A1okpA@andrew.cmu.edu>, by bh11+@andrew.cmu.edu (Braddock John Hathaway): > Is there any mail program that will go across an appletalk network > besides microsoft mail? There is only one real Mac Mail program, CE QuickMail. It's much better than Microsoft mail. There are mainframe/vax gateways, automatic modem support for remote users, custom mail messages that include graphics within the postcard you send within QuickMail. I'm up to 30 users in my zone on our campus network. We have nearly 150 campus wide. There are a few Microsoft people here, but most of them are waiting for the next version to get what QM shipped with in the OLD version. Not to mention it's much less expensive. The drawback? If you are expecting to be able to port to MicroSoft Mail, you can't yet. MS will not share the code to let it happen. You have to go through a 2nd machine to shair mail. This means you loose the neat graphics.... Only my opinions, not the Tigers.
dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) (03/13/91)
In article <1991Mar11.225008.24188@hubcap.clemson.edu> rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink) writes: >There is only one real Mac Mail program, CE QuickMail. It's much better >than Microsoft mail. There is only one real country to live in, Romania. It's much better than Albania. (What? There are MORE than just two countries?) -- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!s-dorner
ralph@cbnewsj.att.com (Ralph Brandi) (03/17/91)
In article <1991Mar13.144857.21479@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes: >In article <1991Mar11.225008.24188@hubcap.clemson.edu> rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink) writes: >>There is only one real Mac Mail program, CE QuickMail. It's much better >>than Microsoft mail. >There is only one real country to live in, Romania. It's much better than >Albania. (What? There are MORE than just two countries?) I'm appalled. You should have at least let everyone *know* in this posting that you're the Maximum Leader of North Korea.... :-) Serious question: which machine is Eudora located on for ftp? I had it written down somewhere, but I lost the piece of paper.... -- Ralph Brandi ralph@mtunq.att.com att!mtunq!ralph Nothing falls up without being hurled
dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) (03/18/91)
>Serious question: which machine is Eudora located on for ftp? I had >it written down somewhere, but I lost the piece of paper.... ux1.cso.uiuc.edu, mac/eudora subdirectory. -- Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!s-dorner
ddaniel@lindy.stanford.edu (D. Daniel Sternbergh) (03/19/91)
Two points: 1. I don't think Steve should have to advertise his own work here, so I'll sing laudatory praises for Eudora -- it's wonderful, seems to work really well, I like it bunches, and Steve is quick to answer questions, even from snotty Stanford people who get uppity when he points out design shortcomings in the similar Stanford-designed application. For Mac-based mail programs which read your mail from a SMTP host, I haven't seen better. 2. I got the impression that the original poster was looking for a complete Mac-based mail system (i.e. the server was on Macs as well). I got the impression that Eudora wasn't this (correct me if I'm wrong). But the original poster wanted one other than MS Mail because he thought MS Mail couldn't handle graphics. In fact, it can. They even include a note template exclusively for that purpose. == Daniel == --------------------------- D. Daniel Sternbergh ddaniel@lindy.stanford.edu
ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr) (03/19/91)
FYI, I've set up a simple Mac mail system which now runs on a small LocalTalk network; it consists of MailStop (POP2 server) running on an obsolete Mac Plus with an obsolete 60MB hard disk, and POPMail and TOPMail clients. All software is from boombox.micro.umn.edu. MailStop is the *only* non-commercial Mac server I'm aware of. Nothing fancy, but it works fine. The clients are quite slow (HC stacks), and POPMail doesn't feel well with only 1MB (TOPMail was designed to work on "lean" Macs). I'd much rather use Eudora, or (a not-too-distant second) TechMail, but they are POP3. Maybe someone out there can write a simple POP3 Mac server for those small groups who don't want to bother with a Unix machine? -- Eric Behr, Illinois State University, Mathematics Department Internet: ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu Bitnet: ebehr@ilstu