L-Soft announcements are usually posted to about 4-5 mailing lists, which
are likely to have a large cross-section. For instance, an announcement
related to our support structure would have to include LSTSRV-L,
LSTSRV-M, LSTOWN-L, LMAIL-L and LMAIL-M, plus a couple other lists like
EARN-NOG. To avoid flooding people's mailboxes with multiple copies of
the same message, we use a special procedure which merges the recipients
of all the lists we want to send the message to, and eliminates
duplicates. We also post all our announcements to the LSOFT-ANNOUNCE
list, for the benefit of people who are interested in L-Soft
announcements but do not have time to read the other lists. This is the
only list to which announcements are actually posted, so that they show
up in the archives and can be accessed via the database functions.
Unfortunately, this means that many people who read LSTSRV-L or VMSLSV-L
via usenet and are not actually on the list have missed the May 4
announcements. In the future, we will modify our announcement procedure
to also inject the messages on usenet. With the kind help of Jim
McIntosh, we have also established a gateway between the LSOFT-ANNOUNCE
list and bit.listserv.lsoft-announce, and reposted the May 4
announcements to this newsgroup. I am enclosing a copy of the summary of
these announcements for your convenience, with my apologies for not
getting it right the first time.
Eric
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L-Soft International, Inc. is pleased to announce:
* LISTSERV for VMS(TM), general availability June-July 94, beta-test
version available immediately.
* LISTSERV for unix(R), first versions expected June-July 94, prototypes
already running on SunOS, AIX(R) and HP-UX. A free evaluation version
will be made available shortly.
* Gradated license and service charges for the workstation versions of
LISTSERV, based on intended usage. Gradated charges will be available
3Q94, for technical reasons. Licenses for unlimited use will, of
course, remain available.
* A comprehensive solution to the BITNET core saturation problem, based
on the new L-Soft products and on unrelated LISTSERV and LMail(TM)
changes researched and modeled during the last two quarters.
The VMS(TM) and unix(R) versions of LISTSERV correspond to the
"Patchwork" stage initially scheduled for 4Q94 and 1Q95, respectively.
These new products are described in further detail in separate
announcements.
More information about the gradated charges will be posted once the
charging schedule is finalized. Roughly speaking, gradated charges will
allow customers to decide in advance how much capacity they want to be
able to handle on a particular workstation, and to pay according to that
capacity threshold, rather than according to the speed of their machine.
For more information about today's announcement, write to
[log in to unmask] We suggest that public discussions take place on the
LSTSRV-L list.
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LMAIL and L-SOFT are trademarks of L-Soft international.
Unix is a registered trademark of UNIX Systems Laboratories, Inc.
AIX is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
VMS is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.
HP is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.
Sun is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All other trademarks, both marked and not marked, are the property of
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