The Pachyderm Email System

This page and the ones it points to provide an overview of the Pachyderm design, following the same outline as the vision statement:

• The Platform is the Web: all interaction with Pachyderm is through a web browser; you can create, read and browse your email from any web-connected computer.

• Location Independence: there is no state locked in particular client computers; you can move among client computers at will, and your email state will still be available to you.

• Bandwidth Tolerance: Pachyderm is designed to tolerate a wide range of connectivity bandwidths, from high-speed local area networks to lowly dial-up modems.

• Easy Data Retrieval: all access to your email is based on queries on a full-text index; you can find the right message from amongst tens of thousands without any need for manual classification schemes such as folders.