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From: pays@mars.emse.fr (Paul-Andre Pays)
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Subject: Re: admd policies
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> Any e-mail provider that offers its services to the public on a
> non-discriminatory basis can be considered an ADMD. An ADMD has published

Would you elaborate a little bit about this non-discriminatory?
   what does this mean exactly?
   is that sure?
   why this requirement?

> tariffs and other regulations.  A PRMD is a private organization, where only
> members of the organization can use the service.
>
>
> If the "academic" email provision  is available to anyone who wants to use it,
> it could be an ADMD.  If it is only open to members of the academic community
> it would be a PRMD.
>
> The above is only my  unofficial interpretation of the standards.

Again I disagree
I don't see any reason for an ADMD to be forced to accept any
customers. In my mind this has nothing to do with the role of
an ADMD, and is only a PTT ot PTT like view.
Besides you are missing one point (probably due to a
still "monopolistic" point of view):
  Many  "academic" institutions will subscribe to one or more
  commercial ADMD (eg ATLAS here in France, or myabe ATTmail), thus
  being a PRMD. Additionaly these institutions because of
  a R&D network infrastructure, because of gateway problems ....
  will also subscribe to an "academic" admd (the model defines
  precisely this as an ADMD, the requirements being that the ADMD
  establish agreement with the other ADMDs).
  Your view of a single PRMD for the academic community is
  completely unrealistic; this precisely why we need to
  establish as soon as posssible "R&D" ADMDs.

Regards,

-- PAP
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>
> Herman Silbiger
> hsilbiger@attmail.com
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