From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 5 00:58:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA23654 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Feb 1997 00:58:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from DNS.Lamb.net (root@DNS.Lamb.net [207.90.181.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA23640; Wed, 5 Feb 1997 00:58:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from PacBell.TelcoSucks.org (ulf@PacBell.TelcoSucks.org [207.90.181.5]) by DNS.Lamb.net (8.8.5/20.74.3.14) with SMTP id AAA08231; Wed, 5 Feb 1997 00:58:36 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970205010036.00bfc630@Gatekeeper-3.Lamb.net> X-Sender: ulf@Gatekeeper-3.Lamb.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 01:00:37 -0800 To: jgrosch@sirius.com From: Ulf Zimmermann Subject: Re: Z-Mail & FreeBSD Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 12:27 AM 2/5/97 -0800, Josef Grosch wrote: >>> NetManage now owns ZMail, and they do not have a FreeBSD version on their FTP >> >>> site, I also got the flyer so here are the version they currently support: >> >>Well, I just talked to the UNIX product manager and gave him my pitch >>for resurrecting the existing inheirited-from-NCD port of Zmail to >>FreeBSD. They're not wildly enthusiastic about adding Yet Another >>platform to their list of responsibilities, but they're intrigued by >>the idea of doing a purely promotional thing with FreeBSD as a "use at >>your own risk" kinda thing. We'll see where it goes. >> >> Jordan >> > > >How much would a copy of Zmail go for ? Would it be helpful if a number of >us started sending email to NetManage offering to throw green pieces of >paper at them for a copy of Zmail ;-) > > At the moment, I would not throw green pieces at them, they might want them. I worked at Z-Code for 7 months and I tried to get a source license, so I could make a free version for FreeBSD. This work was kind of destroyed, as Z-Code was sold to Netmanage. We are now trying to make the same deal with Netmanage. Ulf. ----------------------------------------------------------- Alameda Networks, Inc. | Ulf Zimmermann (ulf@Alameda.net) 1525 Pacific Avenue | Phone: (510)769-2936 Alameda, CA 94501 | Fax : (510)521-5073