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- From: Paul.Rarey@ssf-sys.dhl.com ("Paul.Rarey")
- Subject: Re: X400 address
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- Date: 6 Nov 92 00:37:41 GMT
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- > Paul.Rarey@ssf-sys.dhl.com (Paul.Rarey) writes:
- > ...
- > : All that is really needed is a naming authority appropriately
- > : chartered by commercial enterprise or where necessary, by local
- > : government. I don't mean to over trivialize the issue, but we're not
- > : inventing something here. There is plenty of foundation of how to
- > : manage unambiguous names within a hierarchy.
- >
- > You're missing my point: it's simply -too- late in most western countries,
- > they already -have- multiple ADMD's allocating PRMD`s without central
- > coordination.
- > If you can convince all the ADMD's in the US (for example) to change
- > their PRMD's to be unique, congratulations (just think about what it
- > costs a PRMD owner to change his address).
-
- You're right. I did miss your point. Following this your meaning
- now, "-too- late" to me means either near death, or not worth the
- effort, (obviously near death is not worth it...). Attempting to
- stay away from "religion" here, I don't think X.400 is near death, so
- the question becomes...: is transitioning to an "ambiguous" ADMD
- attribute value worth it...?
-
- This would depend on ones commitment (or dependance) on X.400
- services, and the impact of usage on the bottom line of ones company.
- Personally, I would rather bite the bullet now, than to pay the price
- later. The "price" being that "my" ADMD kept prices "just low
- enough" to not warrant transition another ADMD, (thus O/R addressing
- transition issues), but significantly higher than what one could
- achieve by openly bidding an RFP every few years.
-
- Also, in this scenario, RFP's could only really be done once in the
- lifetime of any PRMD/ADMD O/R schema, thus supplemental RFPs would be
- moot, unless one accepted the fact the their O/R addressing would
- change.
-
- Looking at this on a subscriber by subscriber basis, providers as a
- whole probably won't do much to facilitate ADMD ambiguous O/R
- addressing. However, via associations such as the EMA, EEMA and the
- latest association in Japan, the collective effort of subscribers can
- and are having an impact.
-
- It would be possible to apply "technology" within the PRMD to
- re-write P1/P2 Originator/Recipient addressing...ugh...! Did I say
- that...? I expect a flood telling me this is not "legal" and to core
- dump the thought....
-
- In any case, I believe it is in the best interest of the subscriber
- community to leverage the transition to ambiguous ADMD addressing,
- even given the hurdle you correctly bring to light. Over the long
- haul, X.400 subscribers will be better off for it.
-
- ....pay me now or pay me later, I'm gonna get paid....
-
- >
- > Simon
- > --
- > CHUUG/EUnet Switzerland Simon Poole
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-
- Best regards...,
-
-
- Paul S. Rarey DHL Systems Inc.
- Open Systems Research 1700 S Amphlett Blvd Phn: (415) 358-5522
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