Title :
MEmail: a distributed multimedia electronic mail system
Author :
Daroy, C.J. ; Hui, S.C. ; Foo, S.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Comput. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
MEmail (Multimedia Electronic Mail System) is a distributed electronic mail system which is designed to allow clients to share and manipulate multimedia messages from a Mail server and Media server. The use of client-server paradigm enables the system to cater to different client platforms, thereby allowing different workstations and PCs to share messages. MEmail extends the model of existing internet-oriented Mail server architectures to support different types of multimedia formats by the introduction of a Media server
Keywords :
client-server systems; electronic mail; file servers; multimedia communication; protocols; MEmail; Mail server; Media server; PCs; client-server paradigm; distributed multimedia electronic mail system; internet-oriented Mail server architectures; model; multimedia formats; protocol; workstations; Access protocols; Computer graphics; Electronic mail; File servers; Hardware; Microcomputers; Multimedia systems; Network servers; Postal services; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Singapore ICCS '94. Conference Proceedings.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2046-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICCS.1994.474257
