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From: Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Need Comparison Of X.400 And SMTP
Message-ID: <40390@cup.portal.com>
Date: 20 Mar 91 20:54:42 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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Can someone tell me what are the key features present in X.400 addressing
that are missing from SMTP-style addresses?  As I understand it, X.400
is a superset of existing mail systems that tries to capture enough
information in the mail address to make it unique on a global network.
Specifically, what does it do in this respect that SMTP cannot do, and
what are some of the other advantages of X.400?

Thanks,
Will Estes        (apple!cup.portal.com!Will)