• DocumentCode
    1677296
  • 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
  • fYear
    1988
  • Firstpage
    245
  • Lastpage
    253
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer Networking Symposium, 1988., Proceedings of the
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-0835-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CNS.1988.5003
  • Filename
    5003