Did Microsoft never run Microsoft Mail internally?
It was an email system that ran on top of file system. If I recall, mail clients connected over a networked drive to access mailboxes. So it was never regarded as being very scalable.
Did Microsoft never run Microsoft Mail internally?
It was an email system that ran on top of file system. If I recall, mail clients connected over a networked drive to access mailboxes. So it was never regarded as being very scalable.
Yes, MS Mail for PC Networks used a shared file system for email.
The Workgroup Apps (WGA) divison ran MS Mail for PC Networks since they produced MS Mail. Gotta dogfood your product. The WGA email system used a Xenix gateway to connect with the rest of Microsoft.
The rest of Microsoft ran MS Mail for Windows with a Xenix email backend and address book, since MS was already using Xenix before MS Mail for PC Networks existed.
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 contained a one postoffice-version of MSMail, (which could be upgraded to the full version).
Some more Microsoft email-related history at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Exchange_...