jkrey@venera.isi.edu (Joyce K. Reynolds) (07/18/90)
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RFC 1168:
Title: Intermail and Commercial Mail Relay Services
Author: A. Westine, A. DeSchon, J. Postel & C. E. Ward
Mailbox: Westine@ISI.EDU, DeSchon@ISI.EDU,
Postel@ISI.EDU, Ward@ISI.EDU
PS-Pages: 23 ASCII-Pages: 18
PS-Characters: 149,816 ASCII-Characters: 41,316
pathname: RFC:RFC1168.PS
This RFC discusses the history and evolution of the Intermail and
Commercial mail systems. The problems encountered in operating a
store-and-forward mail relay between commercial systems such as
Telemail, MCI Mail and Dialcom are also discussed. This RFC provides
information for the Internet community, and does not specify any
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Joyce K. Reynolds
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