Simeon was an
IMAP4
In computing, the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is an Internet standard protocol used by email clients to retrieve email messages from a mail server over a TCP/IP connection. IMAP is defined by .
IMAP was designed with the goal of per ...
email client by
The Esys Corporation with support for
IMSP
IMSP is Internet Message Support Protocol. Defined in a 199 which carries this abstract:
Work on standardizing IMSP was never completed because it was superseded by the ACAP protocol, which provides a superset of IMSP's functionality.
Impleme ...
and
LDAP.
Simeon was available for several
platforms, including
Windows
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(3.x, 95 and NT),
Macintosh
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(both 68k and PowerPC), and multiple
Unix
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variants.
Although commended for its rich features as an early IMAP client, its difficult interface was regarded as more complex to use than
POP
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* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
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Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
based mail clients.
Lack of advanced filtering of mail and inability to easily manage multiple mail accounts (Simeon requires editing of
configuration files) were also criticized.
Simeon was the default email client installed on
Heriot-Watt University
Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted univ ...
's IT infrastructure.
[ ] It was also formerly used at the
University of East Anglia
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.
References
Email clients
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