December 4, 1996 10:50 AM ET

Digital to release AltaVista Mail Server 97 with mail extensions
By Margaret Kane

Digital Equipment Corp. will release today a new version of AltaVista Mail server software that includes support for IMAP4 and modules that let users connect the software to LAN-based mail packages. AltaVista Mail Server 97 can be combined with Digital's eXtensions for cc:Mail and Microsoft Corp.'s Mail to enable users of those programs to send and receive mail from the Internet by routing them through a standard post office box. The eXtensions include support for 250 POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) or Internet Mail Access Protocol 4 licenses. Besides IMAP4, Mail Server 97 includes support for POP3, SMTP and Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. The products are shipping now. Pricing was not available from the Maynard, Mass., company. Copyright(c) 1996 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company is prohibited. PC Week and the PC Week logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. PC Week Online and the PC Week Online logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Send mail to PC Week