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In article <10100002@WL9.Prime.COM> MYNARD@WL9.Prime.COM writes:
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> X.400 mail really does work.
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There seems to be a really big hole in X.400 to my mind, and that is
administration. For TCP/IP I know how to get an IP address, how to get
a domain name, how to get the name server records set up so that I
can be reached.

For X.400 and OSI: How do I get an NSAP (lets stick to Geographical ones,
the others are fluff); How do I get PRMD/ORG/OU names? Are there any
standards for names in the OSI world? Will people be able to use the
same names for FTAM as for X.400 or is this an application specific matter
in OSI? Is there an X.400 "world" or just lots of pairs of machines
talking X.400 to each other? Who should I connect to with X.400 and who
will then be able to reach me?

In case you think I know nothing about X.400, I might say that we have
at least 4 X.400 implementations running in our small lab with three of
them attached to Australia's experimental X.400 facility. It seems to
me that X.400 is going nowhere for administrative reasons mentioned. I
don't even know of any attempts to address these problems in Australia.

Bob Smart <uunet!munnari!ditmela.oz!smart> or <smart%ditmela.oz.au@uunet.uu.net>