NewsFlash-0103-11.04.94
Steve Holden
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The following was forwarded to me by a very reliable anonymous source.
This is pretty important information so I am releasing it before the
next NewtNews. As soon as I know how to get this software I will
let all NewtNews readers in on the secret.
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* NEWTON TO GET POP/SMTP CLIENT SOON
MessagePad Users with POPMail accounts can finally look forward
to a fully functioning POP/SMTP client in time for the Holidays.
"Codenamed "MoonLight", and in final beta as you read this,
sources claim that Users will be able to "compose messages
off-line with a very cool Editor, log on, send or receive
POPmail either as text or binary Newton documents (Appointments,
Dates, Notes, Names & Business Cards, with or without Graphics),
and log off with relative ease."
And best of all, this pre-Yuletide arrival will be priced
right: Free.
Freatures:
1. Codename is "MoonLight".
2. True POP/SMTP Client for Newton.
3. Sends/receives all native binary Newton applications
(Appointments, Dates, Notes, Names & Business Cards,
etc.) with or without Graphics.
4. Non-newton recepiant of a mail message (Say, a Eudora
User) won't get Newton graphics, of course, but will
receive the message as text.
Expected release was December, 1994. The public release may
be a final beta candidate.
It's free because Developer wanted to "get this technology out
into the hands of the Newton community as soon as possible".
This version isn't designed to work over Ethernet, but instead
to call in to one's POP/SMTP server over standard telephone lines
like you do with Eudroa via SLIP.
Mark Diller
benefactor, who wants to give away something that s/he could
easily sell for a modest price. Am I too cynical?
Mark
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Mark Diller - Univ. Chicago Divinity School - aka zag...@aol.com
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