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Re: FAQ?? - Electronic mailing directories?

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From: Markus Kuhn
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:43
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don@grc.genroco.com (Don Woelz) writes:

>Do MCImail, Compuserv, ATTmail, etc. have or publish directories of
>their users so that if someone wants to send email to another person
>they can look up their email address?

I don't know about MCI etc., but in the Internet there exist currently
pilot projects that build up a distributed directory using the CCITT
X.500 protocols. One of the best software to access this service is
part of the ISODE 8.0 package (quipu).

Markus

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Subject: Re: FAQ?? - Electronic mailing directories?
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