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

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messaging and collaboration product from Hewlett-Packard. It was known for its ability to interconnect several other APIs and protocols, including

MAPI Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) is an 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 communicate with Microsoft Exchange S ...

, cc:Mail,

SMTP The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard communication protocol for electronic mail transmission. Mail servers and other message transfer agents use SMTP to send and receive mail messages. User-level email clients typic ...

and

MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is an Internet standard that extends the format of email messages to support text in character sets other than ASCII, as well as attachments of audio, video, images, and application programs. Messa ...

, and was originally based on the OSI standards such as

X.400 X.400 is a suite of ITU-T Recommendations that defines the ITU-T Message Handling System (MHS). At one time, the designers of X.400 were expecting it to be the predominant form of email, but this role has been taken by the SMTP-based Internet e-m ...

. In addition to email, it also supported directory, public folder, and contact-management functionality. It was notable for being supported not only on

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, but also on IBM's

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' Solaris and

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

SCO Unix Xinuos OpenServer, previously SCO UNIX and SCO Open Desktop (SCO ODT), is a closed source computer operating system developed by Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), later acquired by SCO Group, and now owned by Xinuos. Early versions of OpenServer we ...

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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 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 be also be ac ...

and Samsung Contact products.

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