RE: [WinMac] Re: E-Mail System Research

Landis Arnold(landisa[at]ibm.net)
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 05:59:38 -0600

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It is not exactly LDAP. However, the system mechanism you describe is very
much part of the structure of "First Class Internet Mail." We use First
Class 3.5 which I assume to be virtually identical in this regard to the
new version 5.5. Anyway, what one can do to have "universal" addresses' is
to assign "mail lists" with one member's email address to the shared "mail
list" folder. The list needs to then be named w/ the something to identify
the recipient (or recipients if it is a multi person list)... Anyone then
on the system can send mail to that person simply by typing in the first
few letters of their name.
For all the reasons I have not liked First Class over the years, this
remains one of its best features.
Check out their site:
www.softarc.com
Good luck,
Landis Arnold

-----Original Message-----
From: Ethan C. Banks [SMTP:ebanks@pcci.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 11:53 AM
To: 'The Windows-MacOS cooperation list'
Subject: RE: [WinMac] Re: E-Mail System Research

Phillip, my concern with using LDAP as a directory is that we haven't found
a client/server combination that creates an address book automagically for
the user. There are several applications that offer a slick interface to
LDAP, but I haven't run across anything that uses LDAP in the background to
keep a more or less "centralized" address book that the user doesn't have
to
worry about.

When our users compose an e-mail message, they want to pick recipients from
a list, as opposed to the typical "query for the one you want & then add
them to your local address book scheme" that seems prevalent at this time.
If you are aware of an standards-based address book that works via LDAP (or
possibly ACAP?) that allows the user to remain uninvolved in the cognitive
process, I would indeed like to explore that avenue.

I have the same concerns about proprietary solutions such as Exchange that
you mentioned, so if you have further comments that would propel me in the
standards-based direction, let me know. Thanks for sharing your time.

________________________________________________
Ethan C. Banks - Network Engineer
Pensacola Christian College & Related Ministries

> To get a central directory, you can implement an LDAP directory.

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