RFC 1703 (rfc1703) - Page 1 of 9

Principles of Operation for the TPC

Network Working Group                                            M. Rose
Request for Comments: 1703                  Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.
Obsoletes: 1569                                             October 1994
Category: Informational


           Principles of Operation for the TPC.INT Subdomain:
                  Radio Paging -- Technical Procedures

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  This memo
   does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of
   this memo is unlimited.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ...............................................    1
   2. Naming, Addressing, and Routing ............................    2
   2.1 Addressing ................................................    2
   2.2 Routing ...................................................    3
   3. Procedure ..................................................    3
   3.1 Alpha-numeric Radio Pagers ................................    3
   3.2 Numeric Radio Pagers ......................................    4
   3.3 MAILing versus SENDing ....................................    4
   3.4 Latency ...................................................    5
   4. Usage Examples .............................................    5
   4.1 A MIME Example ............................................    6
   4.2 A Non-MIME Example ........................................    6
   5. Server Configuration Example ...............................    6
   6. Security Considerations ....................................    8
   7. Acknowledgements ...........................................    8
   8. References .................................................    8
   9. Author's Address ...........................................    9

1.  Introduction

   As an adjunct to the usual, two-way electronic mail service, it is at
   times useful to employ a one-way text notification service, called
   radio paging.  This memo describes a technique for radio paging using
   the Internet mail infrastructure.  In particular, this memo focuses
   on the case in which radio pagers are identified via the
   international telephone network.

   The technique described by this memo, mapping telephone numbers to
   domain names, is derived from the TPC.INT subdomain.  Consult RFC
   1530, "Principles of Operation for the TPC.INT Subdomain: General
   Principles and Policy" for overview information.



Rose