• DocumentCode
    1433670
  • Title

    E-mail — The “glue” to office automation

  • Author

    Huffman, A.J.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T, Lincroft, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    The author presents some criteria that can be used to evaluate and select an electronic mail system to best suit the communications needs of a particular office. Network design guidelines for implementing this e-mail system at minimal cost are given to illustrate the concepts and issues discussed. The AT&T Private Message Exchange is examined in detail.
  • Keywords
    electronic mail; office automation; AT&T Private Message Exchange; e-mail; electronic mail; network design guidelines; office automation; Electronic mail; Hardware; Local area networks; Microcomputers; Postal services; Software; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Network, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0890-8044
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MNET.1987.6434224
  • Filename
    6434224