BeyondMail Personal Internet Edition ships this week; Rules-based filters and agents help users manage the wealth of information on the Net.BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1996--Coordinate.com, the Internet division of Banyan banyan (băn`yən), species of fig (Ficus bengalensis) of the family Moraceae (mulberry family), native to India, where it is venerated. Its seeds usually germinate in the branches of some tree where they have been dropped by birds. Systems Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BNYN BNYN ePresence (stock symbol; formerly known as Banyan) ), today began shipping BeyondMail Personal Internet Edition electronic mail software for Windows. BeyondMail Personal Internet Edition extends the powerful rules technology that BeyondMail pioneered for the corporate market to home consumers, helping people control the vast amount of information on the Internet using e-mail. Its MailMinders and WebMinders provide some of the most advanced filtering capabilities available today and automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. the task of visiting key sites. "BeyondMail is the first Internet mail See Internet e-mail service. product to deliver the power of rules and agents to consumers," said Eugene Lee Eugene Lee may refer to:
BeyondMail Personal Internet Edition's MailMinders deliver advanced rules-based filtering, which makes it easy to handle messages more efficiently. For instance, all mail from a particular discussion list can be tagged with an alert and automatically filed in a designated folder In a graphical user interface (GUI), a simulated file folder that holds data, applications and other folders. Folders were introduced on the Xerox Star, then popularized on the Macintosh and later adapted to Windows and Unix. In Unix and Linux, as well as DOS and Windows 3. . By making it easy to handle incoming messages, users can participate more effectively in multiple discussion lists. WebMinders automatically retrieve new information from selected Web sites, eliminating the need to repeatedly visit certain home pages. People can choose to have information such as news, sports and weather downloaded into their mailboxes, allowing them to surf off-line. Users also can take advantage of built-in support for 'hot links' to Web sites when viewing mail on-line. Double-clicking on a URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. inside a mail message automatically launches the Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , which travels to the Web page for the URL. "I think BeyondMail Personal Internet Edition is the greatest thing since the Internet," said Jim Metcalf, a master trainer for the Texas Education Network (TENET) since its inception in 1991, and an early beta user. "I have used many mail readers, none of which hold a candle to BeyondMail." Business users who want even more flexibility can upgrade to BeyondMail Professional Edition, which provides more robust management, configuration capabilities and business application support. This award-winning software has an installed base of more than 1.5 million users. BeyondMail Personal Internet Edition has an expected street price of $29 and is available from Coordinate.com by calling 1-800-567-8818. Users can download 60-day evaluation software from Coordinate.com's World Wide Web site (www.coordinate.com). BeyondMail, Coordinate.com, WebMinders and MailMinders are registered trademarks and trademarks of Banyan Systems Inc. All other product names are the property of their respective owners. -0- Editors: Screen shots and beta users are available. CONTACT: Coordinate.com Laura Spear (617) 273-7041 lspear@coordinate.com or Corporate Ink Paul Parcellin Amy Bermar (617) 969-9192 pparcellin@corporateink.com amybermar@corporateink.com |
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