I didn't know the history of X.400, an email transfer protocol with an impenetrable specification that could have delivered advanced features much earlier.
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I didn't know the history of X.400, an email transfer protocol with an impenetrable specification that could have delivered advanced features much earlier.
Email could have been X.400 times better
X.400 said what must be possible. SMTP said what must be done.
(buttondown.com)
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I didn't know the history of X.400, an email transfer protocol with an impenetrable specification that could have delivered advanced features much earlier.
Email could have been X.400 times better
X.400 said what must be possible. SMTP said what must be done.
(buttondown.com)
@amoroso I remember, I was there, 5000 years ago, at the university of Geneva we used a program that supported both protocols.
EanGUI and X.400
When I was at the University, the classical email system defined in RFC 733, RFC 822, and others had not yet won: there was another competing standard, called X.400, to handle both systems, there w…
Thias の blog (wiesmann.codiferes.net)
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@amoroso I remember, I was there, 5000 years ago, at the university of Geneva we used a program that supported both protocols.
EanGUI and X.400
When I was at the University, the classical email system defined in RFC 733, RFC 822, and others had not yet won: there was another competing standard, called X.400, to handle both systems, there w…
Thias の blog (wiesmann.codiferes.net)
@thias I heard about the protocol back then but didn't experience it or know its background.
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I didn't know the history of X.400, an email transfer protocol with an impenetrable specification that could have delivered advanced features much earlier.
Email could have been X.400 times better
X.400 said what must be possible. SMTP said what must be done.
(buttondown.com)
@amoroso I only remember hearing about it but never actually knowing what it was. The Exchange connection makes sense as the addressing scheme looks like LDAP. I wonder if X.400 can be routed over the internet for a #marchintosh project 🧐
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@amoroso I only remember hearing about it but never actually knowing what it was. The Exchange connection makes sense as the addressing scheme looks like LDAP. I wonder if X.400 can be routed over the internet for a #marchintosh project 🧐
@chrisgervais Likewise.
