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Subject: Re: 2nd Newsletter from the Internet X.400 Project.
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Date: 28 May 91 05:18:56 GMT
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In article <910521121025*/G=Alf/S=Hansen/OU=cs/O=uw-madison/PRMD=xnren/C=us/@MHS>, Alf.Hansen@pilot.cs.wisc.edu (Alf Hansen) writes:
> Bob smart writes:
>>>
>>>These organizations can communicate with X.400 users in the R&D MHS
>>>Service in the following countries:
>>>
>>>Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France,
>>>Iceland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
>>>Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia.
>
> Perhaps I should have deleted Australia from the list, as I deleted
> Republic of Korea. They were both part of the R&D MHS Service, but have
> faked out.
>
> Perhaps we should use this oportunity to find out what the status is in
> Australia. The following is taken from the current COSINE MHS
> Documentation in Switzerland. As you see, kre is still noted as the
> contact person.

Essentially this is the case right now - there is an operational gateway
operated by kre which has a production gateway role between a commercial X.400
service and the Australian Internet mail domain, and there is also a
continuation of the research role which was listed in the COSINE information
package (although this is not an intense area of active development right now
as I understand, or even of very active use).

I would suggest that the entry be left as is for the moment - it is likely that
some of the work which relates to the various COSINE sponsored activites in
Europe and IETF activities in the States in terms of X.400 activity in
Australia may be taken up as an active developmental project by more Australian
sites in the near future, but right now the information is basically correct.

regards,

Geoff Huston
Network Technical Manager,
Australian Academic and Research Network