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From: jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: Internet -> Sprintmail/Telenet systems
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Date: 28 Oct 90 00:21:41 GMT
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In article <+RP695G@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <3737@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov writes:
>> /PN=fullname/ADMD=TELEMAIL/PRMD=private domain/O=organization/C=US
>>    /@SPRINT.COM
>Excuse me... would it bother you very much if I ran away screaming in horror
>at this point?

Not me...
While I generally disagree with various knee-jerk OSI flamers (Phil Karn in
particular), this X.400 abortion is...shall we say...suboptimal.

>(let's see... if I hack smail to recognise sprint.com and convert something
> like fullname@private_domain.organisation.sprint.com into this..., then my
> users at least won't have to worry about it...)

Talk to the good folks at nasamail.nasa.gov...I believe they did exactly
that, if only for NASAMAIL.
-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu  | adequately be explained by stupidity.
         "With design like this, who needs bugs?" - Boyd Roberts