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Meeting announcement to discuss a network mail system

Network Working Group                                 Michael D. Kudlick
RFC # 453                                             SRI-ARC
NIC # 14317                                           February 7, 1973


         Meeting Announcement to Discuss a Network Mail System

Purpose

The purpose of this RFC is to announce a meeting at SRI-ARC on the
Network Mail problem discussed at the January 1973 Principal
Investigators' Meeting in San Diego.

We have set the meeting for Thursday, February 22, 1973, at 8:30 AM in
the SRI-ARC conference room.  If a second day is is needed, Friday would
be used.

The agenda will include a discussion of the problem, and a discussion of
alternate solutions.

The goal of the meeting is to produce a clear definition of what the
solution ought to be, what steps have to be taken, and who should do
what.

The results of the meeting will be published as an RFC for further
dialogue, as is done with other suggested protocols.

Aspects of the Problem

There are already several subsystems existing on the Network whose
function is to send and receive mail.

The principal problem is to coordinates and extend these subsystems so
that

    a.  uniform user and site identifications are used,

    b.  the File Transfer Protocol is utilized to allow mail to be
        originated and distributed anywhere on the Network without
        having to go through a central system.

    c.  there is an option for the sender to record the dialogue and
        have it catalogued for others to read and reference, and

    d.  There is a way to handle mail for TIP users.






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