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From: S.Kille@purple.cs.ucl.ac.UK (Steve Kille)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway
Subject: RFC 987 (88)
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Date: 29 Mar 89 10:45:57 GMT
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I'm posting this message wide - apologies to those who get duplicates.
Please do NOT reply to all of the CC lists.   

RFC 987 is a specification to map between RFC 822 based protocols and X.400
(1984).   I have just completed the first draft of the version to map
to X.400 (1988) - a quite substantial update.   For now, I am calling this
RFC 987(88).  

I hope that this specification can gain wide acceptance, following input
from all interested parties.

I propose to use the ifip-gtwy list to discuss this specification.  I will
be circulating the specification by mail in two weeks time (April 11th) -
experience has suggested that there are too many interested parties without
file transfer access.  This should give interested people sufficient time to
get onto the list.  Send to ifip-gtwy-request@tis.llnl.gov.  For UK people
send to arpa-mhs-request@uk.ac.ucl.cs.  I suggest that other Europeans
should get national expansions.

People should also get themselves copies of X.400 (88) - at least the DIS.
I'm sure that "how to get the standard" will be discussed on ifip-gtwy.

I am proposing to hold a meeting on 27-28 June in London to finalise this
specification following electronic discussion.  Put this date in your
diaries!  If there is sufficient request, it may be useful to also hold a
one day meeting sometime in early May.  

Steve