EIMS, formerly AIMS and MailShare, is a Mac-based SMTP and POP3 mail server written by Glenn Anderson, New Zealand. Here is the story of MailShare based on an interview with Glenn (see also other Internet interviews).On June 29 1995, an Apple press release noted that MailShare was acquired by Apple and as such was entitled the Apple Internet Mail Server 1.0. The most recently released version of AIMS is AIMS 1.1.1.
On April 16 1997, it was publicly confirmed that AIMS was acquired by Qualcomm and as such was entitled the freeware Eudora Internet Mail Server 1.2.
The first EIMS 2.0 beta was released on September 10 1997. The commercial EIMS 2.0 was released on November 6 1997.
The first EIMS 2.1 beta was released on February 20 1998. EIMS 2.1 was released on April 28 1998.
The freeware EIMS 1.2.1b1 beta was released on April 30 1998. EIMS 1.2.1 was released on July 20 1998.
The EIMS 2.2b1 beta was released on July 10 1998. EIMS 2.2 was released on September 25 1998.
The EIMS 1.3b1 beta was released on October 18 1998.