Re: Schema for Mailing Lists

Colin Robbins <c.robbins@xtel.co.uk> Wed, 11 November 1992 13:05 UTC

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From: Colin Robbins <c.robbins@xtel.co.uk>
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To: Jill.Foster@newcastle.ac.uk
Cc: Steve Hardcastle-Kille <S.Kille@isode.com>, osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk, nisp-team@newcastle.ac.uk, Maria Pallares <maria.pallares@value.iihe.rtt.be>, explode@xtel.co.uk
In-Reply-To: <emu-ct08.1992.1111.120058.njf@eata.ncl.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Schema for Mailing Lists


   >> There is a basic scheme described in X.402.   This is somewhat extended
   >> in the MHS-DS document "Use of the Directory for Distribution Lists",
   >> and with some more X.400ish stuff by the EXPLODE project.   
   >> 
   >> A more interesting and radical approach is proposed in OSI-DS 25.
   >> 
   >> 
   >> Steve
   >
   > OK - thanks Steve.  I'd looked at all of those.  Just didn't know
   > which to go for.
   >
   > Is anyone actually USING any of these schema for real?
   >
   > Cheers - Jill

Yes.  We have had working mailing lists based on a fore-runner of
the MHS-DS document for some time now (at least two years) in PP.
These lists are used for service traffic here at X-Tel and a number of
other sites.

The EXPLODE project (funded by COSINE) has extended this work to align
to something close to the latest MHS-DS draft, with extensions for
X.400 lists, and self subscription (via mail) to these lists.
All mail to one of these lists can be automatially archived in a
messages store, and these messages can be recovered from the message
store using a mail based interface.

The software is currently under alpha-test at X-Tel (the
'explode@xtel.co.uk' address I have copied on this reply is an example
of such a list, stored in the Directory as 
"explode, distribution lists, xtel, gb").
A beta test is due to start in January (test sites already identified),
with a complete version planned for March.

Colin

OSI-DS 35 - Schema for Hotels and Restaurants Steve Hardcastle-Kille
Schema for Mailing Lists Jill.Foster
Re: Schema for Mailing Lists Steve Hardcastle-Kille
Re: Schema for Mailing Lists Jill.Foster
Re: Schema for Mailing Lists Colin Robbins