A study of electronic mail asynchronous meeting system.

by Ng Wai-fan.Thesis (M.Sc.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 54-56).Table of contentAbstract --- p.A.1Acknowledgment --- p.A.2Chapter Chapter 1 --- IntroductionChapter 1.1 --- Initiatives and Methodology --- p.1Chapter 1.3 --- Overview of the thesis --- p.1Chapter Chapter 2 --- Study on Electronic Mail SystemsChapter 2.1 --- Overview --- p.3Chapter 2.2 --- Message structure --- p.6Chapter 2.3 --- Communication interface --- p.6Chapter 2.4 --- User interfaces --- p.10Chapter 2.5 --- Mail applications --- p.10Chapter 2.6 --- System security --- p.11Chapter 2.7 --- Facilities provided in the systems --- p.12Chapter 2.8 --- Enhancement in electronic mail system --- p.14Chapter 2.9 --- Electronic mail and groupware system --- p.16Chapter Chapter 3 --- Discussions on electronic meetingsChapter 3.1 --- Meetings --- p.21Chapter 3.2 --- Meeting systems --- p.24Chapter 3.3 --- Theoretical analysis of group meeting systems --- p.27Chapter 3.4 --- Asynchronous meetings --- p.28Chapter 3.5 --- Who are the users? --- p.29Chapter 3.6 --- Asynchronous meeting system --- p.29Chapter Chapter 4 --- Asynchronous Meeting System Prototype DesignChapter 4.1 --- Objectives --- p.31Chapter 4.2 --- Meeting system design --- p.31Chapter 4.3 --- System flow --- p.34Chapter 4.4 --- System implementation issues --- p.45Chapter 4.5 --- Implementation Results --- p.47Chapter Chapter 5 --- ConclusionChapter 5.1 --- Contribution of our work --- p.49Chapter 5.2 --- Merits of the Asynchronous Meeting System --- p.50Chapter 5.3 --- User Acceptance --- p.51Chapter 5.4 --- Suggested future implementation --- p.51References --- p.5