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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

2636.0. "MS-MAIL <---> ALL-IN-1 feasability?" by MSDOA::HYMES (Gimme Barney Fife over Bill Clinton) Thu Apr 29 1993 15:42

    I have a customer who is considering putting MS-MAIL on the
    desktop and interfacing it with ALL-IN-1 on the VAX (via X400).
    
    Am not a desktop specialist, so forgive my (stupid) questions:
    	- is this doable?
    	- known caveats, issues, dependencies?
    
    I assume they will need MRX on the VAX.  
    
    Any and all input, pointers, details, etc would be appreciated.
    
    Pat
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2636.1 MAILbus Postmaster - see MRKTNG::POSTMASTERV2GANTRY::HULLDigital Services Delivery - MotownThu Apr 29 1993 15:5110
Our s/w offering to handle PC LAN mail to/from a WAN (which includes
ALL-IN-1 IOS on a VAX) is MAILbus Postmaster for LAN/WAN.  It (V2.0) currently
works with cc:Mail on the PC LAN, and the next release (V3.0) should add
MS-Mail as another supported LAN package.  MBPM (my abbrev.) is NOT an
X.400 mail system.

Read up on it in the POSTMASTER conference.  Press KP7 to add it to your
notebook.

	Al
2636.2Reality 101MSDOA::HYMESGimme Barney Fife over Bill ClintonFri Apr 30 1993 15:1613
    Thanks Al, but I'm looking specifically for information regarding
    MS-MAIL to ALL-IN-1.
    
    MS-MAIL is "guidelined" by this Fortune 5 company - which means
    it's on the approved list.  Very few of our products are on the
    list 'cause we're still perceived to be proprietary, less feature-rich,
    late to market, and more expensive that other options.  (This perception 
    is shared by many other companies who used to be big Digital customers.)
    
    Anyhow, if anyone has experience with or can comment on MS-MAIL/ALL-IN-1 
    integration, please let me know.
    
    Pat
2636.3Sanity checkAIMTEC::ZANIEWSKI_DWhy would CSC specialists need training?Fri Apr 30 1993 19:369
        Hi Pat,
        
        Let me rephrase this and see if I've got it correct.  Your
        customer is looking for a method to integrate a PC application
        (MS-MAIL) into a VAX application (ALL-IN-1 IOS) rather than having
        a solution that will allow mail to pass between the two
        products?
        
        Dave Zaniewski
2636.4YassirMSDOA::HYMESGimme Barney Fife over Bill ClintonMon May 03 1993 20:0120
    Pretty close.  Customer has many sites...all running ALL-IN-1 today.
    One location has many PC's and wants to implement a PC-based mail
    system - MS-Mail.  These users will no longer have accounts on the
    VAX and will not need to access any VAX documents (or ALL-IN-1) 
    once they startup with MS-Mail.  MS-Mail will completely replace
    their existing mail system.
    
    They will need to be able to participate in the corporate mail network
    though.  Which is why they are trying to understand the logistics
    of interoperating between the two products.
    
    MS-Mail definitely has it's architectural limitations, and the
    changeover will be a painful one.  Sales has basically asked me to
    give a thumbs up or thumbs down on whether this type of solution
    is even feasable for the customer.  
    
    Hope this clarifies things. 
    
    Regards,
    	Pat