Subject: PC Pine Availability

From: [email-masked] (Steve Traugott)
Date: Sat, 01 May 93 13:32:46 EDT

Hi All!

I've been lurking on the sidelines, waiting for a PC-Pine
announcement.  Did I miss it?  I see a lot of discussion of DOS
platforms here...

Steve
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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 1 May 1993 12:09:36 -0700 (PDT)

> announcement.  Did I miss it?  I see a lot of discussion of DOS
 
Steve,
Gosh, I wish I could say "yes, you missed it"... :)
Unfortunately, we're running late.  Here's the current status:

There exists a test version of PC-Pine that is available by request.
Nearly 100 people have requested it.  The good news is that very few bugs 
have been reported, and at least some folks are using it regularly.
The bad news is that this version lacks something that is essential at
many sites, including ours: the ability to access remote folders in
addition to the INBOX.  (This is not needed for those who wish to have 
saved-msg folders on the local disk or workgroup fileserver, e.g. Novell.)

Fortunately, the remote folder code is finally coming together, and Mike 
hopes to have a version for internal testing next week, with the goal of 
a general "gamma test" release around May 15th.

Because it is very difficult to get user interfaces "right the first time",
we anticipate that there will be additional "iterative refinement" of
the new remote folder capabilities, as we gain experience with them.
In addition, there's still a whole bunch of other stuff we're trying to
get done in the next couple of months, for both Unix Pine and PC Pine. 

I hope all or our patient supporters will find that the upcoming releases 
have been worth the wait...

-teg

p.s. To take advantage of the remote folder facility, a new version 
of IMAPd will be needed, and that will be released at the same time
as PC-Pine.