Protocol Action: Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822/MIME Message Bodies to Proposed Standard

[The IESG <[e-mail]>]

  The IESG has publication of the following Internet-Drafts as
  Proposed Standards:

  o Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822/MIME Message Bodies
	draft-ietf-mixer-bodymap-07.txt>
  o X.400 image body parts
	draft-ietf-mixer-images-01.txt>
  o A MIME body part for FAX
	draft-ietf-mixer-fax-01.txt>
  o MIXER (Mime Internet X.400 Enhanced Relay): Mapping between X.400
    and RFC 822/MIME
	<draft-kille-mixer-rfc1327bis-05.txt>
  o Carrying PostScript in X.400 and MIME
	<draft-ietf-mixer-postscript-01.txt>


  The IESG also approved publication of A MIME body part for ODA
  <draft-ietf-mixer-oda-01.txt> as an Experimental Protocol.


These documents are the product of the MIME - X.400 Gateway Working
Group. The IESG contact persons are Keith Moore and Harald Alvestrand.


Technical Summary

 MIXER (Mime Internet X.400 Enhanced Relay): Mapping between X.400 and
 RFC 822/MIME <draft-kille-mixer-rfc1327bis-04.txt> is an update to RFC
 1327 which specifies mappings between RFC822/SMTP and X.400 mail.
 This update corrects several errors in RFC 1327, includes support for
 MIME as well as Internet standards-track delivery status notifications
 and SMTP extensions to request delivery reports, and defines a
 standard notation for representation of address mapping and routing
 information between X.400 and Internet mail.

 Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822/MIME Message Bodies
 <draft-ietf-mixer-bodymap-06.txt> describes mappings between MIME body
 parts and their X.400 equivalents (when available), and vice versa.

 X.400 image body parts <draft-ietf-mixer-images-01.txt> defines object
 identifiers which allow the representation of popular MIME image/*
 content-types as X.400(88) and later EXTERNALLY-DEFINED body parts.
 These allow conveyance of MIME image formats in X.400.

 A MIME body part for FAX <draft-ietf-mixer-fax-01.txt> specifies a
 MIME canonical form for representation of the X.400 'g3fax'
 content-type in MIME, and how to convert between the two
 representations.  This allows transmission of X.400 g3fax body parts
 in MIME.

 Carrying PostScript in X.400 and MIME <draft-ietf-mixer-postscript-01.txt>
 defines two representations for PostScript documents in X.400(88).
 These allow gatewaying of Postscript documents between MIME and X.400
 systems.

Working Group Summary

 There has been a lengthy discussion in the working group,
 but little dissent on substantive issues.

Protocol Quality

 Keith Moore reviewed the spec for IESG.