Publisher's Synopsis
This volume is a comprehensive cross-section of the most important issues in electronic messaging. The book is unique in that it addresses actual experiences with implementation and interconnection of X.400 compatible message systems. The contributions, from eleven different countries, are arranged under the following section headings: The X.400 Era; Directories; Group Communications; Planning for Interconnection; Document and Message Architecture; User Environment; Experience; Multimedia; Security and Control. In addition, the book contains two papers discussing issues raised during the sessions on voice messaging and on ARPA-Internet Gateway Standards (planning an X.400 gateway to ARPANET). Developers, managers and planners of electronic message systems, as well as professors and graduate students will all find this book to be of great interest.
