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From: zentrale@rmi.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: X.400 ean mail system
Message-ID: <688@rmi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 06:33:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: rmi.688
Posted: Fri Aug 28 06:33:13 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 1-Sep-87 05:45:30 EDT
References: <186@bernina.UUCP> <719@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM>
Reply-To: rmohr@rmi.UUCP (Rupert Mohr)
Organization: RMI Nachrichtentechnik, Aachen, W.Germany
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Keywords: ean, mail, x.400

In article <719@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> taylor@hplabsz.UUCP (Dave Taylor) writes:
: First off, I think it is important to note that X.400 and the related
: ISO/CCITT standards are indeed an up and coming standard for the 
: interchange of electronic mail in the world (certainly in Europe).  In
: fact sources from both DEC, HP, and some third party market analysts
: tell me that it is almost impossible to sell any large computer boxes
: to firms there unless they have available an X.400 mail system...

Espacially interesting is: X.400 is the prot of the administrations. Those
"official" Mailboxsystems use X.400 and will gateway to others. If a host
wants to paricipate the commercial networks beeing established, it has to
to it by using X.400.

: 
: One of the stranger aspects of the X.400 suite from our anglocentric
: point of view here in the US is that it doesn't store everything in an
: English-based format. [...]
 
What means "stranger aspects? There are countries with users, who don't
speak English . So an language indepent Prot has its merits.

: 
: [general philosophical comment here: I find it unfortunate that so many
:  people aren't willing to work with their software vendors in situations
:  such as this - software is just like any other complex system and it
:  occasionally needs some fine tuning.  But there is *no* way for the 
:  intrepid vendor to achieve this if the users have something go wrong
:  then simple stop using the product, instead of letting 'em know about
:  it!  Let's get on the ball, people!]
: 

Stands for itself, just repeated to be kept in mind!

: 
: 					-- Dave Taylor
: 					Hewlett-Packard Labs

Trying to get hand on X.400 Software for UN*X I was given the address
of Sidney International. Contacting them resulted in the following
information: Source License Pound Sterling 250,000, Binary 5,000! Just
for an mailing system ... :-)

                                Rupert Mohr
                                RMI Aachen