<s>
Para	O
Mail	O
was	O
a	O
proprietary	O
,	O
electronic	O
mail	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
that	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
Kris	O
Land	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
1985	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
subsequently	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
also	O
used	O
to	O
be	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
3	O
,	O
1990	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Paradox	O
Development	O
of	O
Para-Mail	B-Protocol
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Office	O
Automation	O
Systems	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
OCTuS	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Para-Mail	B-Protocol
was	O
suitable	O
for	O
single	O
or	O
multiple	O
users	O
on	O
stand-alone	O
computers	O
or	O
on	O
local	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
networks	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	O
feature	O
of	O
Para-Mail	B-Protocol
was	O
that	O
it	O
supported	O
image	O
scanners	O
,	O
faxes	O
,	O
optical	O
character	O
recognition	O
and	O
voice	O
mail	O
all	O
through	O
one	O
common	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
version	O
worked	O
with	O
Novell	B-Operating_System
NetWare	I-Operating_System
networks	O
and	O
its	O
Novell	O
's	O
Message	B-Protocol
Handling	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
(	O
MHS	O
)	O
mail	O
system	O
;	O
a	O
cut-down	O
MHS-only	O
version	O
called	O
PM-Remote	O
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
NetWare	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
used	O
an	O
idiosyncratic	O
format	O
for	O
mail	O
folders	O
;	O
later	O
versions	O
offer	O
the	O
standard	B-Application
Unix	I-Application
mailbox	I-Application
format	I-Application
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
historical	O
Para-Mail	B-Protocol
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Para-Mail	B-Protocol
supported	O
the	O
x.400	B-Protocol
,	O
x.500	B-Protocol
protocols	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Novell	O
's	O
MHS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
being	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
on	O
Novell	B-Operating_System
NetWare	I-Operating_System
networks	O
,	O
Para-Mail	B-Protocol
,	O
along	O
with	O
Eudora	B-Operating_System
and	O
others	O
suffered	O
a	O
similar	O
fate	O
to	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
when	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
version	O
3.0	O
bundled	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Mail	I-Application
and	I-Application
News	I-Application
version	O
1.0	O
free-of-charge	O
within	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
