[plug] RE: a note I sent to Telstra EasyMail

[Peter Scully]

david.buddrige at mitswa.com.au wrote:

> I say we all start emailing feedback at telstra.easymail.com.au writing (in our
> own words) that we want the tech-specs for easy mail released so we can
> write our own client... (Big companies respond to numbers - they may not
> realise the extent of users that we are talking about here).
>
> Dave...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken Yap [SMTP:ken at nhj.nlc.net.au]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 11:42 AM
> > To:   Sydney Linux Users Group; computerbank at linux.org.au
> > Subject:      FYI: a note I sent to Telstra EasyMail
> >
> > EasyMail is the pay per email service, 25c for 6 emails or something
> > like that.
> >
> > No flames about Telstra please, I am trying to push Linux here.
> >
> >
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   ! Residential Internet E-Mails
> [SMTP:REsinfo at smcsadl1.telstra.com.au]
> Sent:   Thursday, March 11, 1999 10:26 AM
> To:     Ken Yap
> Subject:        Re: Telstra Easymail for Linux
>
> Dear Mr Ken Yap
>
> Thank you for your email dated 08/03/99 regarding Telstra easymailTM.
>
> We are grateful for the time you took to inform us of your thoughts.  Your
> comments have been forwarded on to the Telstra marketing team responsible
> for the development and marketing of Telstra easymail.
>
> If you have any further enquiries please contact one of our consultants on
> 1800 637 752.
>
> Yours Sincerely
> Angela on behalf of Tanya Purdie
> Telstra Online Channel
> Sales and Service
> TM Trademark of Telstra Corporation Limited
> ____________________________________________
>
> Telstra Online Channel
> Sales and Service
> Email:  info at telstra.com.au
> Web:    http://www.telstra.com.au
> Ph:     1800 637 752 (8am-6pm Monday to Friday)
> ____________________________________________
>
>  ----------
> From: Ken Yap
> To: feedback at telstra.easymail.com.au
> Subject: Re: Telstra Easymail for Linux
> Date: Monday, 8 March 1999 08:22am
>
> Dear Easymail feedback,
>
> I believe it would really be beneficial to your bottom line if you could
> make public the technical specs of how to write an Easymail client and
> let Linux developers create a client. There are many old 386/486 machines
> out there that cannot run GUIs but run text mode Linux very well. Using
> a client like pine or elm, people could access your service from such
> boxes and increase your revenue.
>
>         Thanks, Ken

Sorry to miss the start of this thread, but there doesn't seem to be a limit on
Easymail, though you have to log onto their server.  I'll put in a call to a
friend in Tlestra's tech dept and see if it helps our cause.