Thanks again for this clarification John. I think I understand the lineage now.
Please be patient with me, as I am new to this list and have been working with Exchange for only 6 months or so, mainly from a developers experience. -- Felicity > As I said, Microsoft BOUGHT the company that created what was to become MS > Mail. I don't know who the company was. The roots of Microsoft Mail > postoffice server, were wrapped around a client running against a shared > file directory mail repository. > > Again, as I said, it didn't matter what the postoffice side of the service > sat on, just as long as the client could make a persistent connection to the > file structure. Up until 5 years ago, Lucent Technologies was running their > MS-Mail service on Unix servers with WfWg clients. > > Whether it was originally designed for MAC's, trash-80's, or two monkeys > with a wax tablet I don't know, could care less. The box that contained MS > Mail Postoffice Server had three sets of disks for clients, DOS, Macintosh, > and Windows. It was 15 years ago. Who cares? > > John Matteson; Exchange Manager > Geac Corporate Infrastructure Systems and Standards > (404) 239 - 2981 > > Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been > accepted as a reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and > its punishment is but an urge for me to greater effort to achieve my goal. > Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path > leading to success and truth. --Bruce Lee > > -----Original Message----- > From: Felicity Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 9:58 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: ? about MS Mail > > > Thanks again John, however MS Mail was first developed for the Mac in > 1987. > > Do you know where Network Courier fit into this equation? Did MS purchase > Network Courier and repackage it as MS Mail for the Mac, or was this done > somewhere later down the line. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
