Chicago Ð Information Technology Solutions (ITS) has been tapped by Hewlett-Packard to develop a new NeXTmail application that will act as a user agent to HP's OpenMail system. The delivery date for the first phase of the project is late March or early April, according to Ted Shelton, ITS president and CEO.
That first deliverable will be able to talk directly to HP OpenMail from NeXTmail, obviating the current need to either talk to OpenMail through SMTP or use the UNIX file system to store messages. Shelton said that in the fall of this year, the final product will be fully integrated into the OpenMail system, offering all the functionality of OpenMail clients, including access to bulletin boards, intelligent mail filtering, multiple message boxes, and shared attachments.
HP currently offers OpenMail on Windows, HP Vue, and Motif.
ITS: 312/587-2000; 800/394-4487.