HP OpenMail, also known simply as OpenMail, was an enterprise

email Electronic mail (usually shortened to email; alternatively hyphenated e-mail) is a method of transmitting and receiving Digital media, digital messages using electronics, electronic devices over a computer network. It was conceived in the ...

messaging and collaboration product from

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. It was known for its ability to interconnect several other APIs and protocols, including

MAPI Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) is an Application programming interface, API for Microsoft Windows which allows programs to become email-aware. While MAPI is designed to be independent of the protocol, it is usually used to com ...

, cc:Mail,

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and

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, and was originally based on the OSI standards such as X.400. In addition to email, it also supported directory, public folder, and contact-management functionality. It was notable for being supported not only on

HP-UX HP-UX (from "Hewlett Packard Unix") is a proprietary software, proprietary implementation of the Unix operating system developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise; current versions support HPE Integrity Servers, based on Intel's Itanium architect ...

, but also on

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and

Linux Linux ( ) is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an kernel (operating system), operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically package manager, pac ...

, which increased its attraction for enterprise customers. There were also lesser–used versions for

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, DG/UX,

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and

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History

From the initial designs in 1987, OpenMail was primarily designed and developed at HP's now-demolished ''Pinewood'' offices, near

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(also the home of OpenMail's predecessor product family, ''HP DeskManager'' and the original developers of HP NewWave). HP said that as many as 15 million email accounts ran on OpenMail. The company stopped selling OpenMail to new customers in November 2001. HP subsequently twice licensed the source, allowing it to serve as the foundation for the

Scalix Scalix is an e-mail and groupware server that runs on Linux, licensed under the Scalix Public License (SPL). The software provides e-mail, group calendaring and other collaborative software, which are standard in groupware. It can also be access ...

and Samsung Contact products.

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