Postmaster at ADMD and PRMD level? Helpdesk?

[Allan Cargille <[e-mail]>]

Hi, as indicated in Urs' minutes, the postmaster document
(draft-ietf-x400ops-postmaster-01.txt) was approved at the recent IETF
meeting in Columbus.  However, following the meeting, I remembered one
previous suggestion from the MHS Managers meeting that slipped my
mind.  I don't want to hold up progressing the document, but I think
that this is a good idea and would like to include it in the document
if there is consensus.  Let's see if we can reach consensus on this
quickly (say, by this Monday?).

The idea is that the postmaster address should also be supported in a
structured way that is convenient and applicable to the X.400 model.
The proposal was to require that the address G=postmaster should be
supported at the ADMD and PRMD level in all MDs in the GO-MHS
community.  Systems using '88 should also support CN=Postmaster.
(I believe this recommendation came from Christian Panigl -- is that
right?)

I would insert the following text into the current document.  Please
let me know if

  1.  You like the idea and approve of my text, 
  2.  You think the idea is good but the text should be revised
     (include your recommendations), or
  3.  You think the text should not be included in the document, and
      the approved version of the document should be submitted.


One last question is:  ADMDs generally support the helpdesk address

    C=xx; ADMD=yy; G=helpdesk

and some ADMDs require PRMDs to support

    C=xx; ADMD=yy; PRMD=zz; G=helpdesk

Should we also require or recommend supporting G=HelpDesk at the
GO-MHS Management Domain level (ADMD and PRMD)?

Cheers,

allan

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4.  Postmaster Support at the MD level

Section 3 addresses the X.400 postmaster convention in terms of X.400
addresses that map into the RFC822 mail world.  It is also desirable to
introduce an X.400 postmaster convention that is based on the X.400
model.  This convention is as follows:

    If addresses of the form

	C=xx; ADMD=yy; PRMD=zz; ...

    are documented in a GO-MHS Domain Document (see [11]), and if the
    PRMD is under the administrative control of an organization in
    the GO-MHS community, then the address
	
	C=xx; ADMD=yy; PRMD=zz; G=postmaster

    must be valid and supported.

    Similarly, if addresses of the form
	
	C=xx; ADMD=yy; ...

    are documented in a GO-MHS Domain Document (see [11]), and if the
    ADMD is under the administrative control of an organization in the
    GO-MHS community, then the address

	C=xx; ADMD=yy; G=postmaster

    must be valid and supported.

    If the PRMD or ADMD is running X.400(88), then the address 

	CN=Postmaster
    
    must also be valid and supported.

ADMDs and PRMDs that are not under the administrative control of an
organization in the GO-MHS community are also encouraged to implement
this convention.

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Reference [11] : Urs' Routing Document