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From: piet@cwi.nl (Piet Beertema)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway
Subject: Re: an apology to Steve, and more discussion ...
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Date: 1 Aug 89 09:04:11 GMT
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	X.400 connectivity in most organizations is based on
	DECNET and TCP/IP while, due to costs and unavailability of
	an Internet in Europe
The latter is rapidly changing.

	X.400 systems have been connected to the Internet from quite
	some time now (I've been running a gateway from the Swisswide
	academic X.400 network to CSNET since 1986, for instance).
Yes, and right here at the heart of EUnet I've seen all the
problems and failures caused by numerous ad hoc (named "official"
though) gateways passing by. Some time ago it was stated that
"European e-mail is a mess"; well, it wasn't before all those
X.400 gateways came into existence!

	RARE MHS connects you to about 50 different networks, *including*
	all Internet domains, so what's the point here?
Network congestion, address mangling, unwillingness to cooperate
with other networks, etc. etc. That's the point here.

	Piet, why do you continue to willingly post misinformation, despite
	the fact that you should know better and that this won't help anybody?
I'm not posting any misinformation whatsoever, I'm just presenting
facts, facts that some communities (e.g. RARE) prefer to close
their eyes for. Ivory tower is a correct description of such
an attitude.


	Piet