RFC 2162 (rfc2162) - Page 1 of 34

MaXIM-11 - Mapping between X

Network Working Group                                      C. Allocchio
Request for Comments: 2162                             I.N.F.N. - Italy
Obsoletes: 1405                                            January 1998
Category: Experimental


           MaXIM-11 - Mapping between X.400 / Internet mail
                                  and
                              Mail-11 mail

Status of this Memo

   This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
   community.  It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
   Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
   Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document describes a set of mappings which will enable inter
   working between systems operating the ISO/IEC 10021 - CCITT (now ITU)
   X.400 Recommendations on Message Handling Systems, and systems
   running the Mail-11 (also known as DECnet mail or VMSmail) protocol.
   The specifications are valid both within DECnet Phase IV and
   DECnet/OSI addressing and routing scheme.

   The complete scenario of X.400 / MIME / Mail-11 is also considered,
   in order to cover the possible complex cases arising in multiple
   gateway translations.

   This document covers mainly the X.400 O/R address to/from Mail-11
   address mapping and the RFC 822 to/from Mail-11 ones; other mappings
   are based on MIXER specifications. Bodypart mappings are not
   specified in this document: MIXER and MIME-MHS specifications can be
   applied to map bodyparts between X.400, MIME and Mail-11, too. In
   fact MIME encoding can be used without modifications within Mail-11
   text bodyparts.

   This document obsoletes RFC 1405, which was a combined effort of
   TERENA Working Group on Messaging, and the IETF X.400 Ops Working
   Group. This update was prepared by IETF MIXER working group.






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