Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : Warpslide
From : Weatherman
Date : Sun Nov 06 2022 21:15:23


W> Groupwise! There's a name I haven't thought about in awhile. I worked at a
W> place that was still running Groupwise when I started there in 2009. I
W> dragged them away from that to Exchange (and later Office 365).
W> 
W> When we went to Exchange/Outlook the most common question I got was "how
W> do I
W> know if they've read my email" as with Groupwise you could check to see if
W> the message had both been delivered & then read if you were sending to
W> someone internal. I showed them how to ask for read receipts in Outlook
W> but they complained "it's not the same!".

Probably because I used Groupwise for many years, I would agree that read receipt isn't the same as how Groupwise handled message status.  You didn't have to do anything special and it just worked.  I also think the calendar was more advanced than Exchange for many years.  

I remember when it was called Word Perfect Office.  The very first large enterprise that I worked was using DOS menu and Word Perfect Office - which included the email platform that was eventually purchased by Novell and renamed to Groupwise.  The main directory when you install it was still WPDOMAIN - for Word Perfect.  

There might be some customers still using it.  I will say I have seen very large Groupwise installs years ago.  That was one of the most used email systems around here back then.

- Mark
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