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"Electronic Mail: An Introduction to the X.400 Message Handling Standards",
Sara Radicati, 1992, 0-07-051104-7
%A   Sara Radicati
%C   300 Water Street, Whitby, Ontario   L1N 9B6
%D   1992
%G   0-07-051104-7
%I   McGraw-Hill Ryerson/Osborne
%O   905-430-5000 +1-800-565-5758 fax: 905-430-5020 louisea@McGrawHill.ca
%P   213
%T   "Electronic Mail: An Introduction to the X.400 Message Handling Standards"
 
Two computer professionals meet at a conference.  They exchange information,
including email addresses.  If they both have Internet email, then one will
send email and the other will reply.  If one has Internet email and the other
has X.400 email, then the one with Internet email will send a message and the
other with X.400 will reply.  If they both have X.400 email, then they will
phone each other.
 
Or, at least, so goes the standard email joke.  The book jacket promises that
X.400 will be big soon, but I've heard that for over a decade.  If anything, I
am seeing fewer X.400 addresses on the net these days than I was a few years
ago.
 
Nevertheless, the X.400 standard is still something to contend with.  This book
does provide a good basic introduction to both the 1984 and 1988 versions of
the standard.  There is also some coverage of the related X.500 (directory
services) and X.509 (security) standards, which have started to come into
greater prominence recently, separate from X.400.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKELMAIL.RVW   960927
 
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