Duke Electronic Mail Post Office A Practical Mail Linking System

James D Dryfoos; William E Hammond; Laurence A Spero; Jean S Rabold; Mark J Straube; William W Stead

. 1988 Nov 9:562–567.

Duke Electronic Mail Post Office A Practical Mail Linking System^*

James D Dryfoos, William E Hammond, Laurence A Spero, Jean S Rabold, Mark J Straube, William W Stead

PMCID: PMC2245249

Abstract

This paper describes a system designed to integrate the many different electronic mail systems in use throughout Duke University. The Duke Electronic Mail Post Office project is part of Duke University Medical Center's model for Achieving an Integrated Academic Information Management System (IAIMS).

Main features of the systems, problems encountered during implementation, and future directions are presented and discussed.