Subject: Re: PC mail software

From: [email-masked] (Jack Churchill)
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 10:32:19 EST

>I am currently purchasing Chameleon from NetManage which seems to solve 
>many problems; this soft is recommended by the BYTE magazine of Feb 93.
>
>It is a TCP/IP-NFS client AND server designed exclusively for MS-Windows.
>There is a Software development kit (add on) as well and RPC access.
>Here are some features:
>
>- 6 KB of base memory
>- Windows cut-and-paste, drag-and-drop, point-and-click
>- NDIS tcp/ip (thus, coexistence with Novell, DECnet....)
>- NFS file and Printer Sharing (server and client concurently)
>- snmp extensible agent
>- smtp, pop2 with address book
>- ftp, tftp
>- Telnet emulation (vt52, vt100, vt220, ANSI)
>- TN3270 (3278 mode 2)
>- Static routing over Ethernet, Token Ring, SLIP, FDDI
>- DNS client
>- Ping, Finger
>- ...
>
>Price: US$495 
>
>Contact: 
>NetManage Inc., 20823 Stevens Creek Blvd. Suite 100, Cupertino, CA 95014 USA
>Tel: (408) 973-7171
>Fax: (408) 257-6405
>
> 
>> On Wed, 24 Feb 1993, Jianxin Jiang wrote:
>> 
>> > Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1993 15:22:38 -0500
>> > From: Jianxin Jiang <[email-masked]>
>> > To: [email-masked]
>> > Subject: PC mail software
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Hello,
>> > 
>> >     I have two PC's using Sun's PC-NFS. A Sun IPC runs pcnfsd. And I am looking
>> > for mail software that supports SMTP, or anything better than the SEND/LISTENER
>> > from PC-NFS. 
>> > 
>> >     PC-NFS only enables PC's to run as NFS clients. Anybody has anything that
>> > can also let the PC's be NFS servers for Unix and/or PC clients? Ideally, It
>> > will be nice have something that does NOT conflict with PC-NFS. Thanks a lot
>> > and I will summarize.

We also recomend you look at Chameleon.  Also, look at Beame *
Whiteside's product which is very similar to Chameleon plus it has the
added advantage of running either in DOS or Windows or both at the same
time.  It also has whois, nntp, timed, telnetd (up e.g., to 20 people
can remotely log onto your PC and run DOS applications).  That last
point may be useful for us to allow cc:mail people (if we decide to go
that way - can't wait for DOS-pine) to access their e-mail remotely
without carrying a laptop all the time.  I'm not sure but I did hear
from one person that Novell have/will buy out B&W.  Novell's current
Lanworks for DOS is also very similar but not as feature packed as B&W.

One a very similar thread:  could someone please help me decide between
MS-Mail and cc:mail?  I like and dislike both for various reasons but
cc:mail to me appears a better solution for us due to the smtp gateway
that runs on Suns.  The catch is that the PC (and some MAC) uses use MS
type applications like Word for Windows and Excel so MS-Mail mail be a
better choice in the longer term.  True?

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From: Brent Blumenstein <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1993 09:00:38 -800 (PST)

Fo OS/2 IBM's TCP/IP package is terrific.  It even includes X emulation if
you buy it.  The combination (OS/2 and TCP/IP) is real smooth to
install, operate, and maintain.  In contrast, doing this kind of thing
DOS or DOS with Windows is a hassle.  True multitasking really does have
benefits.

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