Conference virke::mrmemo

38.0. "memo to x.400 addressing" by 47516::MALACRIDA () Wed Jun 20 1990 17:49

    Hi,
    
    I've a customer who would like to address people in DEC from MRMEMO
    using an already active X.400 gateway.
    Needless to say they would like to use the most simple and "natural"
    way to do it, say:
    
    VAX.name__surname..DEC
    
    In fact this works fine, so what's the problem ?
    
    The problem is that to make it works we must disable the DDS lookup
    for the recipient in the direction MEMO --> Message Router, and
    in doing that we lose the capability to address a people in the
    VAX memo domain using the "a la MEMO" syntax
    
    VAX.user
    
    getting all the necessary route information kindly provided
    by DDS.                                    
    
    Is this a false problem or should I actually decide to choose
    between the simple method of addressing X.400 recipient and 
    a lot less user friendly addressing of the "VAX memo" recipient like
    
    VAX.userid..node..mrgate 
    
    Any input on the subject appreciated.
    
    giovanni                                              
    
    
    
    
    

    Hello Giovanni,

    In MRMEMO V2.1 (currently in field test) there is a new feature - address
    translation - which allows "soft" DDS validation. This will make MRMEMO
    lookup MR recipients in DDS as when using DDS MR recipient validation but
    if the recipient is not found, the message will be sent anyway (in the
    same way as happens today when DDS validation is not enbaled).

    A solution you could use today (MRMEMO V2.0/2.0A) is to set up two
    distribution ports in MEMO (e.g. VAX. and X400.) and use two MRMEMO
    servers - one with DDS validation and one without.

    Anders

    Thanks Anders,
    
    
                 possible to have the date (+/- 1 month) of the final
    release of MRMEMO 2.1?
                                      
    
    giovanni

    MRMEMO V2.1 FCS is currently planned to occur at end of August 1990.

    Anders