Messages can also deliver attached documents or program files.
This is a major improvement over transferring files by floppy disk or copying them to some shared archive in hopes that the intended recipient will see them. At the same time, LAN-based mail systems such as those based on Novell's MHS have been equally important within company walls. The two areas evolved independently, however, and have only recently started to share messages with each other. With the advent of the World Wide Web and web browsers, it has become increasingly desirable to have access to e-mail stored on the Worldgroup Server from the Web. For browsers that cannot support Java, there is also an HTML interface available.