Electronic Mail: The Alternatives
Article Abstract:
Electronic Mail (EM) covers a variety of systems. Facsimile sends an image of a page over telephone lines. The standardized Group III machines offer speed, high resolution and sophisticated delivery options. Teletypewriter networks include the older, less expensive Telex and the faster standardized Teletex which uses intelligent terminals. Communications modules allow automated communication between word processors, as intelligent modems do between personal computers, though usually not between different vendor's machines. Electronic message networks allow users to send or call up messages on personal computers or terminals. In-house systems are cheaper than outside services. International standards for all EM systems, labeled X.400, have been established by CCITT. IBM has developed its own standards called DIA and DCM. Both will be accepted as EM is assimilated into integrated systems. A voice mail system diagram is included.
Publication Name: Office Administration and Automation
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 0745-4325
Year: 1984
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Options in Electronic Mail
Article Abstract:
In 1984 the Consultative Committee on International Telephony and Telegraphy (CCITT) Ill give its approval to a Message Handling Systems standard which will allow text to be exchanged between different vendors' electronic mail systems (EMS) through the Message Transfer Service. Electronic Mail systems include facsimile transmission, public record services such as Teletext, intracompany networks, voice mail, and interpersonal message services (IPMS). Only IPMS will have a standard for the format of messages. IBM has its own standard for its Systems Network Architecture. Costs of EMS are declining, making them more competitve with postage. Costs for IPMS depend on the design, efficient use, and prompt pick-up of messages. A diagram of an IPMS and a chart comparing features of major EMS are shown.
Publication Name: Office Administration and Automation
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 0745-4325
Year: 1983
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EMS: Electronic Mail for Managers
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As personal computers settle into the typical office environment of the mid-1980's, people continue to discover more and more ways of using them. Thus, there is growing popularity of electronic mail systems (EMS). The key advantage of EMS is speed: no envelopes to open, and no paper to unfold. But costs can be a crucial factor. Depending on the length of the messages, the number of messages, and the total amount of time spent in active connection, an annual bill can come to between $500 and $2,000 per year. This is more than the cost of ordinary postal delivery, but much less than the cost of the telephone calls that electronic mail so often supersedes. Photographs show some EMS terminals.
Publication Name: Office Administration and Automation
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 0745-4325
Year: 1985
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