Siren Software Corp, Menlo Park, California, showed v2 of its Z-Mail electronic mail management system at Xhibition a couple of weeks ago. With Z-Mail, users – Ken Olsen take note, (CI No 1,685) – can sort and prioritise mail automatically, filtering the mounds of junk mail now winging its way across the wires into the wastebin without a keystroke. It’s claimed to be able to send any type of file – text, binaries, facsimile, speech, video and applications files – and comes with the Z-Script language for integrating Z-Mail within other applications and customising graphical menus systems. Supporting Motif and Open Look – it also runs on character-based terminals – Z-Mail costs $1,400 for a five-user licence and is available on Sun Microsystems Inc, Hewlett-Packard Co Apollo, Digital Equipment Corp Ultrix, MIPS Computer Systems Inc, Data General Corp AViiON, Pyramid Technology Corp, Motorola Inc 88000 and Apple A/UX machines and personal computers running Santa Cruz Operation Inc Unix. Z-Mail was conceived and built by Dan Heller, founder of Z-Code Software Inc, San Rafael, California Siren is the exclusive distributor for Z-Mail. Siren vice-president of marketing Bruce Cleveland says the firm is currently working on a database version of Z-Mail in conjunction with Z-Code and Black & Decker Corp-owned PRC, Plain, Virginia. Siren – populated by ex-Oracle Corp staffers – is signing single-distributor relationships for Z-Mail in the UK, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan.
