Actual Software Corporation announces MultiMail Conduit Pack for Macintosh, an email conduit for the 3Com PalmPilot Organizer.ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 1998--Actual Software Corporation today announced that its MultiMail(TM) Conduit Pack will support the Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh platform. The new Macintosh Development Kit, by Palm Computing(R) Inc, a 3Com company, has made this product possible. MultiMail Conduit Pack for Macintosh is planned for an early summer release. Actual Software's MultiMail Conduit Pack allows 3Com PalmPilot(TM) users to use HotSync(R) technology to syncronize messages between the 3Com PalmPilot organizer and desktop email clients See e-mail program. . The MultiMail Conduit Pack will support all major desktop email clients. It can be used in conjunction with the built-in 3Com PalmPilot organizer email program See e-mail program. or can be used with MultiMail Professional or MultiMail Discovery by Actual Software Corporation. "We feel the 3Com PalmPilot organizer should be an extension of your desktop. To a large number of our customers, that desktop is a Macintosh. The MultiMail Conduit Pack for Macintosh will allow us to fulfill our objective of allowing our customers to use their organizer seamlessly and effortlessly ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. regardless of their computing platform See platform. ," said Lorraine Wheeler, Vice President of Marketing for Actual Software Corporation. Mark Bercow, vice president of strategic alliances and platform development for Palm Computing said about the MultiMail Conduit, "The Macintosh support offered in the MultiMail Conduit Pack provides a unique offering for our customers. It extends the features offered to those using the Macintosh platform." With the introduction of MultiMail Discovery in November, 1997, Actual Software launched the first IMAP IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol 4/POP3 internet email client for the 3Com PalmPilot Professional Overview The PalmPilot Professional(Pilot Pro) was released March 1, 1997. It was a more up to date version of the original, a compact design, a back-lit display and the ability to quickly connect to a PC or Mac. organizer. By allowing direct access from your organizer to your mail server, MultiMail Discovery has become one of the most popular shareware Software on the "honor system." The concept is that users try a product, and if they like it, they voluntarily pay a set registration fee or make a donation to the program's creator. There are tens of thousands of shareware programs; some fantastic, some awful. product for the 3Com PalmPilot organizer. In January, 1998, Actual Software released MultiMail Professional, a greatly enhanced and highly successful commercial version of MultiMail Discovery. Actual Software will release the MultiMail Conduit Pack for Windows at the end of May. About Actual Software Actual Software Corporation was founded in 1997 to provide software solutions for the handheld user. It has become a leader in the 3Com PalmPilot email market and is the first company to offer IMAP4 functionality for that platform. Based in Andover, MA, Actual Software employs eight people. -0- HotSync, 3Com and Palm Computing are all registered trademarks and PalmPilot is a trademark of 3Com Corporation and its subsidiaries. CONTACT: Actual Software Corporation Nicole Anderson, (978) 475 2690 nicole@actualsoft.com http://www.actualsoft.com |
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