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       Title     : LDAP-based Routing of SMTP Messages: Approach Used by 
                   Netscape                                                
       Author(s) : H. Lachman
       Filename  : draft-ietf-asid-email-routing-ns-00.txt
       Pages     : 13
       Date      : 03/26/1997

Directory services based on the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol 
(LDAP) [1] and X.500 [2] provide a general-purpose means to store 
information about users and other network entities.  One of the many 
possible uses of a directory service is to store information about users' 
email accounts, such as their email addresses, and how messages addressed 
to them should be routed.  In the interest of interoperability, it is 
desirable to have a common schema for such email-related information.   
   
This document discusses some of the fundamental questions to be considered 
in the development of a common schema for LDAP-based routing of SMTP [3] 
messages, presents an approach that has been implemented and deployed, and 
discusses possible extensions to that approach that may serve to make it 
more complete and general.  The intent is to provide information about an 
existing implementation, and to stimulate discussion about whether and how 
to standardize the relevant aspects of LDAP-based messaging management.    

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