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Article #1842Re: Warning: flames on (was: Information on X.400 wanted)
From: Robert Claeson
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 1990 07:36
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 1990 07:36
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In a recent article argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller) writes:
>Please, X.400 is *NOT A STANDARD* just as Motif is not a standard
>nor is OPEN LOOK despite what the marketing people try to tell
>you. X.400 has some good ideas and they address some badly needed
>issues that are not adequately dealt with given our current system
>(SMTP). But, it is far from a standard... however, it will be a
>standard if no one comes up with something better..
But... I believe that ISO has a standard, or draft stabdard, in the
OSI suite with the name "MOTIS" (Message Oriented... something).
As far as I know, MOTIS and X.400(88) is more or less the same thing.
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