Powerpc-native Server Software, Spruced-up Client Software Mark Version 3.5.
Jason Snell
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OFFERING STYLISH improvements to its interface and powerful new server-based features, version 3.5 of CE Software's QuickMail seeks to win back users disappointed by the limited improvements available in QuickMail 3.0.
Version 3.0 introduced MailManager, a rules-based system that let QuickMail automatically process messages based on their content. MailManager processed messages only after they'd been downloaded from the server, but QuickMail 3.5 adds that ability to a QuickMail server itself. Running with PowerPC-native code, the QuickMail server can now reply to, forward, and delete messages -- even when a user isn't connected to the server.
On the client side, QuickMail users can now spruce up their messages by using text with various colors, fonts, and point sizes. (QuickMail ignores these styles when sending text files out to the Internet and online services.) QuickMail 3.5 is also Macintosh Drag and Drop-savvy: Filing messages in folders and adding or removing enclosures are now simple click-and-drag operations. And since QuickMail no longer requires any system extensions, it ought to be more stable.
Rounding out the package are the completely rewritten QuickConference, a utility that lets users hold real-time text-based discussions over their office network, and a built-in QuickMail-to-America Online gateway. And that's just the start -- although CE Software expects version 3.5 to be available in August, it is already planning for quick follow-up releases, versions 3.7 and 4.0, due later this year and in early 1996, respectively. $199; upgrade from version 3.0, $3 per user. 515-221-1801.
