re: Yet another X.400 vs SMTP question

"James (J.K.) Ko" <jamesko@bnr.ca> Wed, 26 May 1993 14:49 UTC

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Subject: re: Yet another X.400 vs SMTP question

Here is my two cents on the religious war since I have been on
both sides of the fence.

Frankly, both have their advantages and disadvantages. Here are
the books written for both sides, and you be the judge.


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Books related to email:

o  The Internet Message, closing the book with Electronic Mail
     by Marshall T. Rose, Prentice Hall, 1993. (I just got this).

o  Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol. I, Principles, Protocols, and
     Architecture, by Douglas E. Comer, Prentice hall, 1991. 2/E

o  X.400 Message Handling Standards, Interworking, Applications,
     by B. Plattner, C. Lanz, H. Lubich, M. Muller, T.Watter,
     Addision-Wesley, 1991.

o  Open Network with OSI, by Adrian Tang, Sophia Sciggins, Prentice
     Hall, 1992.

o  Standards for Open Systems Interconnection, Keith G.Knigtson,
     Terry Knowles, John Larmouth, McGraw-Hill, 1988.

o  The Little Black Book, Mail Bonding with OSI Directory Services,
     Marshall T. Rose, Prentice Hall, 1992.

o  The  Open Book, A Practical Perspective on OSI, by Marshall Rose,
     Prentice Hall, 1990.
o  Computer Network, Second Edition, by Andrew Tanenbaum,
     Prentice Hall, 1988.

o  Open Systems Interconnection Handbook, edited by Gary McClain,
     McGraw-Hill, 1991.



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