E-Mail Achieving Local and Global Communications

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A report and resource guide for those responsible for analyzing group communication needs or developing or procuring group communication systems, divided into nine chapters: an executive summary, an examination of the trend toward workgroups, E- mail and LANs, groupware, E-mail and conferencing systems, group schedulers and contact managers, E-mail and the Internet, commercial E-mail services, and the future of E-mail. Detailed appendices list major E-mail vendors; group contact management software (vendors and features); group management software (vendors and features); Internet access providers throughout the world; Tymnet access across the US (by state); and how to get Internet RFCs. Lacks an index and bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)