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nradov 29 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Lotus Notes and the dangers of starting from scrat...

The IBM Lotus Notes mail client and cc:Mail were developed independently by separate teams in different locations. Both were originally built by independent companies that were later acquired. cc:Mail was killed in 2000. IBM might have added some Notes features to achieve functional parity with cc:Mail and make it easier for customers to migrate.

jmclnx 28 days ago [–]

Yes, that is what IBM did, took ccmail and added it to notes, ignoring application and seems admin portion.

I just forgot the name of the email utility IBM bought.

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