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Conference forty2::mailbus_400

Title:MAILBUS 400 User Forum
Notice:kits 100-109 - Infocenter //www.digital.com/info/messaging
Moderator:IOSG::MARSHALL
Created:Thu Jun 11 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3210
Total number of notes:9174

3130.0. "C=xxx;a=internet;DDA valid X.400 address?" by STKHLM::SPERSSON (Pas de probleme) Wed Feb 12 1997 17:57

    This question is asked on behalf of a partner:

In MAILbus 400 MTA and SMTP Gateway it is possible to define a SMTP 
gateway OR address of C=xx; A=Internet and to use this togther with 
DD.rfc-822=x(a)y.z 

DEC MAILworks and ISOCOR Gateways seems to accept the above, but there 
are products which don't

After reading the X.400 blue book the following question arises? 

What is correct, accept an address of "C=cc;A=Internet;dd.rfc-822=x@y.z"
or not. It works fine in most cases. Blue book X.402 section 18.5.1 
(Mnemonic O/R address) states   Quoted from rec. 

"an O/R address comprises of the following attributes: 

a) one country and admd, which toghether identify an ADMD 
b) one private-domain-name, one organization-name, one 
   organizational-unit-name, one personal-name or common-name 
   or a combination of the above; and optionally one or more 
   domain defined attributes; which together identify user/dl 
   relative to ADMD spec. in a) 
"

Is it correct to interpret the X.402 text as the address with C+A+DDA 
is not valid ??
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3130.1FORTY2::BOYESMy karma ran over my dogmaWed Feb 12 1997 19:3010
A domain-defined-attribute should, literally, be well-defined thoughout the
domain. But an ADMD too broad a domain for this definition: you need one
of P,O,OU, PN or CN in addition to the DDA.


The SMTP Gateway does not do much grammar checking of the addresses it 
looks up in X.500, or algorithmically processes, being generous about what
it receives and strict about what it emits.

+Mark+