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From: pays@mars.emse.fr (Paul-Andre Pays)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400
Subject: Re: Sending mail from internet to x400 networks
Message-ID: <9101260935.AA28316@mars.emse.fr>
Date: 28 Jan 91 10:43:25 GMT
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Stef
I am really surprised by your campain against A and P (in place of ADMD
and PRMD). I used to see your messages for real "causeS" or for
authoritative statements.
Why this fight against a proposal and concern about such a secondary
item?

kAt this level the only imporatant thing is to aggree
on one (only one) commoly accepted  and used representation.
Your arguments about ADMD "readability" fall short.:
  Is
      S=pays; OU1=mars; O=emse; P=emse; A=Atlas; C=FR;
  less readable (understandable) than
      C=FR/ADMD=ATLAS/PRMD=emse/O=emse/OU=mars/S=pays/

Either the user has a minimal knowledge of what is an ORaddress (thus no p
problem) or for him it is a mere convention (but that will be used
as such in the user manual of his prefered X.400 product).

A novice or dumb user will soon no longer manipulate any ORAddress
but Directory names.

Besides you should remember that all of us are not american
   C is not really nice to remind "pays" (country in french)
   we don't mind it. It is  a convention.
Why not expend O to ORG?


My own point of view is
  1. only the fact that there is ONE convention is important
  2. I prefer personaly the A and P notation but I will not
      fight for this.

-- PAP