Newsgroups: bit.listserv.win3-l
Date:         Tue, 10 Nov 1992 08:17:46 PST
From:         "Vance M. Gloster" <gloster@INFERENCE.COM>
Subject:      Mail Reader/Manager
              9 Nov 1992 20:36:00 EDT
              <9211100145.AA21981@fourier.inference.com>

  Would anyone on the net know of a Windows-based mail reader/manager
  for the net mail.  If there is no Windows version a DOS version would
  do....barely.  ;)

WinQVT contains a mail reader as well as FTP and Telnet.  The mail
reader needs to talk to a POP server.  UC Berkeley created tha POP
server for Unix and it is available on the net.  I understand that
there is also a POP server TSR for DOS, but I do not know if this will
work with WinQVT.  WinQVT needs the POP3 server.  The source code for
the Unix POP3 server can be obtained at ftp.uu.net in
/networking/mail/popper.  WinQVT can be obtained at
ftp.cica.indiana.edu.  Here is a posting I got recently about a public
domain DOS mail reader that also talks to a POP server.  They also
have a Mac version.

    Date: Wed, 28 Oct 92 17:36:45 CST
    From: popmail3@boombox.micro.umn.edu (POPMail/PC Developers)
    Subject: POPMail/PC Version 3.0 now available

    POPmail/PC:

    New E-mail Program for MS-DOS Computers

    CIS (Computer & Information Services) at the University of Minnesota
    is pleased to announce POPmail/PC Version 3.0, a public-domain
    electronic-mail program for IBM and compatible microcomputers.

    With POPmail/PC, a networked PC can exchange SMTP E- mail with
    mainframes and workstations.  POPMail uses the SMTP and TCP/IP
    network protocols.  This means POPMail can exchange mail with the
    millions of Unix and other workstations worldwide connected to the
    Internet.

    In addition to simple E-mail messages, POPmail/PC also supports file
    enclosures so you can enclose any PC file, such as PC spreadsheets
    and word processing documents with your E-mail message.  There is a
    Macintosh version of POPmail which also supports enclosures. This
    means that Macintosh and PC users can exchange documents by through
    POPMail.

    With POPMail/PC you use a Windows-like user interface, including
    pull-down menus, dialog boxes, and scroll bars.  These provide a
    user-friendly environment for composing, sending, and receiving
    electronic mail.  Although you can use a mouse, it is not necessary.
    POPMail/PC was written using Turbo Pascal's TurboVision library and
    uses the standard IBM character set to emulate a graphical user
    interface.  Because POPMail uses the graphic characters built into
    every PC, POPMail runs on a wide range of IBM PCs and compatibles,
    including ancient PCs with monochrome display adapters.

    POPMail uses the Clarkson packet drivers to interface to the network
    adapter card in the PC.  Since there are Clarkson packet drivers
    available for most network adapter cards, POPMail works with a wide
    variety of Ethernet, Token Ring, and AppleTalk network adapter
    cards.

    POPMail/PC Version 3.0 is upwardly compatible with the previous
    versions.  Version 3.0 has many new features and enhancements:

    *  A message index for browsing through mail messages.

    *  Mail folders for organizing messages into related
       groups.

    *  Many message searching and sorting features for
       rearranging messages.

    *  Built-in local and global address books ("finger").

    *  Network testing and evaluation features.

    *  Improved support for SLIP and BOOTP network
       protocols.

    *  Support for many international character sets.

    *  Increased reliability, error detection and recovery.

    *  On-line context-sensitive help.

    *  Comprehensive 120 page user's manual.

    *  Very stable due to extensive beta-testing.

    POPMail Version 3.0 is also compatible with other network software.
    It can operate under PC/TCP, Lan Manager, and Netware with the
    proper shims (supplied).

    POPmail's name is derived from Post Office Protocol, a protocol that
    defines how a computer can retrieve mail from another computer which
    acts as a shared post office or mail-server.  POPmail uses the POP2
    or POP3 protocols to fetch e-mail held for the user on a mail
    server.  Because PCs are frequently turned off, but mail can arrive
    at any time, POPMail depends on a mail server which is left running
    continuously.

    There are several ways of running a mail server.  You may already
    have access to a Unix or VMS system that is running SMTP and POP2 or
    POP3 servers.  Or you can run our extended POP2 server on most any
    Unix system.  Or if you have a spare low-end Macintosh you can run
    MailStop, our POP2 server that runs on Mac System 6 or 7.

    You can get all POPMail software components and their manuals by
    anonymous FTP from our FTP server, boombox.micro.umn.edu.

    The PC version of POPmail is in /pub/pc.

    The Unix POP2 server is in /pub/POPmail/unix.

    The MailStop POP2 server for the Mac OS is in
    /pub/POPmail/macintosh/MailStop.

    Several versions of the Macintosh POPmail client are in
    /pub/POPmail/macintosh.

    You can address any further questions to
    popmail@boombox.micro.umn.edu.

-Vance Gloster
 gloster@inference.com
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