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RE: Way of saying - 2.

2002-06-13 16:17:23

Muzumdar, Hari <hari(_dot_)muzumdar(_at_)digital(_dot_)com> wrote:

Two very basic questions, but I need confirmation.

In the context of X.400-transport and X.400-wrap:

1) When an X.400 UA receives a message, the CMS object
in the message can
   yield either a canonical MIME message or an X.400
Content (IPM/EDI/etc).
   Is this correct?

Yes, that's possible.  A more useful scenario is that the X.400
UA communicates with other X.400 UAs that use S/MIME with WRAP
and TRANSPORT.  Other UAs that are MIME-aware may share the same
X.400 transport infrastructure and support both X.400 and MIME
content.  This allows use of S/MIME in pure X.400 environments,
and provides a migration path to MIME content.


2) By the same token, when an Internet MIME UA
receives an S/MIME message,
   the CMS object in the message can yield either a
canonical MIME message
   or an X.400 Content.
   Is this correct?

Again correct.


Best Regards,
              Hari.

Chris




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