Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!cbosgd!mark From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) Newsgroups: net.mail,net.wanted Subject: Re: Anyone know about X.400? Message-ID: <1135@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 18:56:11 EST Article-I.D.: cbosgd.1135 Posted: Thu Mar 22 18:56:11 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Mar-84 21:33:58 EST References: <150@hudson.UUCP> <240@deepthot.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus Lines: 16 For those wondering what the flavor of X.400 is, I ordered a copy and glanced through it. (The set of booklets is about 2 inches thick.) I have not had time for a detailed reading. I was trying to find out what an address looked like. Most of the publication is very broad and avoids overall examples, but one of the booklets talks about mailing addresses. What really disappointed me was that addresses are specified with binary field tags, rather than ASCII text. There is an amazing variety of attributes you can specify for a person, such as the country or sub-country-unit they are in, who they work for, their first or last name, and so on. But you can't just type it. Apparently some unspecified user interface is expected to get this information from you and assemble a binary description. It was not obvious to me how to use such a system, or how to advertise your electronic mailing address. Mark