Guy Sodano of the North Carolina Bar Association and the members of the NC Bar computer committee were not alone in their desire to streamline communications. I communicate at least weekly with several local law firms in Greensboro and High Point. These firms communicate with other firms, clients and vendors through Internet E-mail. I also, incidentally, communicate with a lawyer in Australia whom I met when he inquired about one of my Internet articles that had come up during one of his searches. In the past, E-mail was primarily an internal tool.
Every user has an E-mail address.
The E-mail network can be as simple as two computers connected together using a cable and two network cards and running Microsoft Workgroups, Windows 95, or Lantastic as the network software. Anywhere, Reachout or a remote version of the E-mail software to accomplish the task. Communications to clients with disparate systems can quickly become complex and cost prohibitive for the internal E-mail office. Internal E-mail packages have more variations and flexibilities than those offered with external programs. Most internal E-mail systems include calendars, task managers, and other related utilities.