Title :
Extending an existing mail service to support X.400 message handling
Author :
Racke, W.F. ; Fischer, Kristian
Author_Institution :
IBM Eur. Networking Center, Heidelberg, West Germany
Abstract :
The authors discuss the design and implementation of a prototype X.400 message-handling system for IBM´s VM/SP operating system. The system is designed to provide an X.400 extension to the mail service of the professional office system PROFS. For the PROFS user the X.400 extension is transparently integrated into the PROFS user interface. The system allows the use of native X.400 services for interpersonal messaging and therefore is not a gateway between PROFS and X.400 protocols. The system consists of a user agent and a message transfer agent, which implement the X.400 P2 and P1 protocols.<>
Keywords :
IBM computers; computer networks; data communication systems; electronic mail; PROFS; VM/SP operating system; X.400 message-handling system; interpersonal messaging; mail service; message transfer agent; professional office system; user agent; Computer networks; Electronic mail; Message service; Postal services; Protocols; Prototypes; Standards development; Telegraphy; Telephony; Virtual manufacturing;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Networking Symposium, 1988., Proceedings of the
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0835-8
DOI :
10.1109/CNS.1988.5003
