Framework and Functions of the "MS" Personal Message System

Abstract

This report describes the design, framework, and functions of a system that enables the manipulation of electronic mail, or messages, for users of PDP-11 minicomputers. In the past, electronic mail was available only to users of larger scale computers. The "MS" Personal Message System transfers the capabilities of electronic mail technology to the Unix operating system, which runs on the DEC PDP-11 hardware. It consists of several pieces of software to compose, transmit, receive, review, and manipulate messages. The system attempts to provide functions which conform to user's pre-existing models of paper based office communications. This report is not a user's manual, but rather a discussion of the functions available, and the issues involved in designing message-processing systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA048774

Entities

People

  • David H. Crocker

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Language
  • Message Processing
  • Message Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Standards
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics