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From: harald.alvestrand@elab-runit.sintef.no
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400
Subject: Re: X400 <-> SMTP Gateway
Keywords: RFC987
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Date: 1 Oct 90 11:01:09 GMT
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Two words of warning:

1) "Transparent to the users" is meaningless in this context.
   The best that you can ask for is "that does not give the user too
much pain".
2) Be VERY SURE to ask for conformance to RFC987 or RFC1148 before buying
   Also, be sure to have a source for the coordinated RFC987 tables before
   installing. Otherwise, connecting to the global Internet from the global
   (or European) X.400 network is a royal pain.

Since you are in the Netherlands, I suggest contacting your local RARE MHS
service contact before proceeding with procurement for such a gateway.
Contact point for the RARE MHS service:

mhs-project-team@rare.no
C=no;ADMD= ;PRMD=uninett;O=rare;S=mhs-project-team

                               Harald Tveit Alvestrand
                               RARE MHS project leader