RE: [WinMac] Mac e-mail client, NT server misery

Frankenstein, Paul(Frankens[at]wnet.org)
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:19:40 -0500

WinMac Digest #410 - Monday, September 13, 1999

  Mac e-mail client, NT server misery
          by "Erin McKay" <e.mckay@unsw.edu.au>
  RE: [WinMac] Mac e-mail client, NT server misery
          by "Frankenstein, Paul" <Frankens@wnet.org>
  Re: [WinMac] Mac e-mail client, NT server misery
          by "Welch, John C." <jwelch@aer.com>
  RE: [WinMac] Mac e-mail client, NT server misery
          by "Frankenstein, Paul" <Frankens@wnet.org>

Subject: Mac e-mail client, NT server misery
From: Erin McKay <e.mckay@unsw.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 08:19:02 -0500
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Hi

I have a Macintosh running Claris e-mailer, recently connected to an
NT-hosted e-mail system. Each time I check the mail, I get the same set
of several hundred messages dating back to April. Our IT staff will not
support Macs and will not load Mac-specific software on the NT server(s).
Does anyone recognise the problem? Is there anything I can do at the
client end to ameliorate it?

TIA, Erin

Erin McKay
Dept. Nuclear Medicine
ph: +61 (0)2 9350 3112
St. George Hospital
     ph: +61 (0)2 9350 3130
Sydney, Australia
     fx: +61 (0)2 9350 3991

Subject: RE: [WinMac] Mac e-mail client, NT server misery
From: "Frankenstein, Paul" <Frankens@wnet.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:04:34 -0500
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You have two options:

1) Switch to a mail program that supports IMAP. Outlook Express is free, but
it has a REALLY klugy IMAP interface. Eudora Pro 4.2 also supports IMAP, but
I've never used that facility.

2) Use the Macintosh Exchange 8.2.1 Exchange client.

> I have a Macintosh running Claris e-mailer, recently connected to an
> NT-hosted e-mail system. Each time I check the mail, I get the same set
> of several hundred messages dating back to April. Our IT staff will not
> support Macs and will not load Mac-specific software on the NT server(s).
> Does anyone recognise the problem? Is there anything I can do at the
> client end to ameliorate it?

> Erin McKay
> Dept. Nuclear Medicine

Subject: Re: [WinMac] Mac e-mail client, NT server misery
From: "Welch, John C." <jwelch@aer.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:10:48 -0500
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OE and Eudora aren't the only game in town...

Netscape 4.6.1 supports IMAP nicely, and does server-mail filters, which
OE can't

Mulberry is another fine email client that does IMAP. <http://www.mulberry.com>

Also PowerMail, (can't remember the URL)

Finally, OE's IMAP interface is a little odd in 4.5, but 5.0 fixes most
of that.

john

"Frankenstein, Paul" wrote:
>
> You have two options:
>
> 1) Switch to a mail program that supports IMAP. Outlook Express is free, but
> it has a REALLY klugy IMAP interface. Eudora Pro 4.2 also supports IMAP, but
> I've never used that facility.
>
> 2) Use the Macintosh Exchange 8.2.1 Exchange client.
>
> > I have a Macintosh running Claris e-mailer, recently connected to an
> > NT-hosted e-mail system. Each time I check the mail, I get the same set
> > of several hundred messages dating back to April. Our IT staff will not
> > support Macs and will not load Mac-specific software on the NT server(s).
> > Does anyone recognise the problem? Is there anything I can do at the
> > client end to ameliorate it?
>
> > Erin McKay
> > Dept. Nuclear Medicine
>
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Subject: RE: [WinMac] Mac e-mail client, NT server misery
From: "Frankenstein, Paul" <Frankens@wnet.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:19:40 -0500
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OE 5.0 may well fix some of 4.5's IMAP oddities, but it's not out yet...

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