Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site deepthot.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!deepthot!julian From: julian@deepthot.UUCP (Julian Davies) Newsgroups: net.mail,net.wanted Subject: Re: Anyone know about X.400? Message-ID: <240@deepthot.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Mar-84 13:46:17 EST Article-I.D.: deepthot.240 Posted: Wed Mar 21 13:46:17 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 22-Mar-84 06:47:02 EST References: <150@hudson.UUCP> Organization: UWO CS, London Canada Lines: 20 Yes, people with the right connections can get a rather fat volume from Bell Northern research. Ian Cunningham (BNR) is the reporter for the CCITT group. The final draft of X.400-X.430 was fixed at Brighton UK in October 83, and will go to the Study Group VII this month some time, and to CCITT Plenary later this year. Earlier drafts of the documents have been circulated within IFIP Working group 6.5. The draft recommendations are numbered as follows: DR X.400 - Message handling systems: System Model-Service elements DR X.401 - " " ": Basic Service Elements and Optional User Facilities DR X.408 - " " ": Encoded Information Type Conversion Rules DR X.409 - " " ": Presentation Transfer Syntax and Notation defines an arcane variation on BNF DR X.410 - " " ": Remote Operations and Reliable Transfer Service DR X.411 - " " ": Message Transfer Layer defines the P1 and P3 protocols DR X.420 - " " ": Interpersonal Messaging User Agent Layer defines the P2 protocol DR X.430 - " " ": Access Protocol for Teletex Terminals