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From: jdudeck@POLYSLO.CALPOLY.EDU (John R. Dudeck)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400
Subject: Will EasyLink Support X.400?
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Date: 13 Jan 90 00:31:47 GMT
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I have a question that I hope will arouse some discussion in this rather
sleepy group :^)

Does anyone know if and how soon the major E-mail networks might become
X.400 compliant?  How much would this impact existing operations?  Will
it be possible to retain existing user interfaces?  On the other hand,
isn't it advantageous for them to go to the increased services of X.400
as soon as possible?  Or is there not enough market demand?

In particular I am interested in EasyLink, which I use in my work.  An
organization I am involved with uses EasyLink, and we are wondering about
what to look forward to as we increase our international E-mail usage.

Actually, right now I am a new Master's level student, and am starting to 
look around for a thesis topic related to X.400. I realize the above 
questions aren't on the level of Master's research...yet.  But as I get 
into the area, I am looking forward to some worthwhile discussions in 
this group!


-- 
John Dudeck                           "You want to read the code closely..." 
jdudeck@Polyslo.CalPoly.Edu             -- C. Staley, in OS course, teaching 
ESL: 62013975 Tel: 805-545-9549          Tanenbaum's MINIX operating system.