Back in high school days, FirstClass (& Bell Canada) sucked a lot of dollars from me.
I still have a 4port nu-bus upgrade card if anyone wants it! ;-) Cool stuff though. Ezra p.s. Bell is still at it! ;-> > > Obviously Ben is not an old Mac person >I thought this was common knowledge ;-) >Though, I did start with my first computer being an Apple II and then an >Apple IIe. > >This information was great, >I just have one question >"What is it for FirstClass?" :) > > >Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com >Authorized Witango Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/WitangoGoodies.htm >Latest downloads & List Archives @ http://www.witango.ws > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Steve Smith >Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 12:33 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk >Subject: OT - FirstClass (was RE: RE: Witango-Talk: Setting Email >Priority) > >Obviously Ben is not an old Mac person. In some ways, he should be very >grateful that FirstClass existed because without it, there might never >had >been a Tango or a Witango. > >FirstClass was originally an inter-office mail application (or >groupmail) >developed by SoftArc for the Mac platform. One of it's claims to fame >was >that it had the ability to create conferences. These opened up in the >FirstClass client like a folder. Anything inside it could be shared >(with >permissions) with other users. The folks at EveryWare saw an opportunity >(or >the people at SoftArc did, I'm not sure) and developed a set of tools >that >allowed a FirstClass conference to communicate with Butler SQL to read >data >and to insert data. They never did get the update thing working. I >remember >seeing it as early as 1992-3 which was a few years before Tango was >born. > >>From there, ButlerLink Web was developed which was the predessor to >Tango. >Tango 1.0 was launched in the fall of 1995 as a freebie for Butler. >Tango >for Windows was launched in the spring of 1996 (version 1.5) and >supported >ODBC (and cost $), and Tango for Filemaker was launched later that >summer >(version 1.6). > >BTW, SoftArc is now Centrinity and FirstClass is still there main >product. >Jim Geller (sp?), one of the old EveryWare QA people was working in >their QA >department. > >Hope this little history lesson helps, > >Steve Smith > >Skadt Information Solutions >Office: (519) 624-4388 >GTA: (416) 606-3885 >Fax: (519) 624-3353 >Cell: (416) 606-3885 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web: http://www.skadt.com > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben Johansen >> Sent: September 10, 2002 2:25 PM >> To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk >> Subject: RE: RE: Witango-Talk: Setting Email Priority >> >> >> FirstClass? Huh?, Is the Post Office getting into this ;-) >> >> There is "Precedence" >> >> Sometimes used as a priority value which can influence transmission >> speed and delivery. Common values are 'bulk' and 'first-class'. Other >> uses is to control automatic replies and to control return-of-content >> facilities, and to stop mailing list loops. Non-standard, >controversial, >> widely used. >> >> Example: Precedence: first-class >> >> The X-Priority uses a number system >> Values: 1 (Highest), 2 (High), 3 (Normal), 4 (Low), 5 (Lowest). 3 >> (Normal) is default if the field is omitted >> >> But remember anyone can create there own X- header it just depends on >> the client receiving it, on whether it will look for you custom header >> >> Example: X-Delivery: first-class >> >> You could then setup a filter on the clients >> >> Hope this helps >> >> Here is a good link to general headers >> >http://www.ninebynine.org/IETF/Messaging/HdrRegistry/MailHeaderProvision >> alRegistry.html >> >> Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com >> Authorized Witango Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/WitangoGoodies.htm >> Latest downloads & List Archives @ http://www.witango.ws >> >> >> -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Louise Lane >> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 11:00 AM >> To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk >> Subject: Re: RE: Witango-Talk: Setting Email Priority >> >> Thanks. Do you know what it is for FirstClass ? >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Louise Lane >> Client Services Analyst >> Information Services >> Rainbow District School Board >> 705-674-3171 x.250 >> >> >> >________________________________________________________________________ >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body >> >> >________________________________________________________________________ >> TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body >> > >________________________________________________________________________ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > >________________________________________________________________________ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
