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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Warning: flames on (was: Information on X.400 wanted)
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Date: 19 Oct 90 07:36:17 GMT
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In a recent article argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller) writes:

>Please, X.400 is *NOT A STANDARD* just as Motif is not a standard
>nor is OPEN LOOK despite what the marketing people try to tell
>you.  X.400 has some good ideas and they address some badly needed
>issues that are not adequately dealt with given our current system
>(SMTP).  But, it is far from a standard... however, it will be a
>standard if no one comes up with something better..

But... I believe that ISO has a standard, or draft stabdard, in the
OSI suite with the name "MOTIS" (Message Oriented... something).
As far as I know, MOTIS and X.400(88) is more or less the same thing.

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