Q108732: X400: Address Syntax

Article: Q108732
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): MS-DOS:2.1,3.0,3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 29-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, versions 2.1, 3.0, 3.2 
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SUMMARY
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Vversions 2.1, 3.0, and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400 provide two
options for separating address attributes:

- All address attributes may be separated by semicolons (;). For example:

  c=US;a=TELENET;p=ABC;o=P/Q;g=JOHN;s=STEEL

- All address attributes may be separated by a forward slash (/). A leading
  forward slash is also required at the beginning of the O/R name. If a forward
  slash is part of an address attribute, the forward slash must be preceded by
  the escape character ($) and is entered as $/. For example:

  /c=US/a=TELENET/p=ABC/o=P$/Q/g=JOHN/s=STEEL

MORE INFORMATION
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Characters
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The characters allowed in an X.400 address is the printable string of characters
defined in the X.409 specification. The X.409 Specification is contained in the
CCITT (The International Telegraph & Telephone Consultative Committee) "Red
Book" volume VIII-fascicle VIII.7--the Data Communication Networks Message
Handling System Recommendations for X.400- X.430.

- No distinction is made between uppercase and lowercase letters.

- Leading and trailing spaces are ignored. If there are multiple spaces within
  an attribute, they are converted to a single space.

The following characters are allowed:

Name                      Character
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Capital letters           A, B, C, and so on
Lowercase letters         a, b, c, and so on
Digits                    0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Space                     (space)
Apostrophe                '
Left parenthesis          (
Right parenthesis         )
Plus sign                 +
Comma                     ,
Hyphen                    -
Period                    .
Forward slash             / 
Colon                     :
Equal sign                =
Question mark             ?

Additional query words: 2.10 3.00 3.20 "%" address

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbMailGateSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMailGatex400300 kbMailGatex400320 kbMailGatex400210
Version           : MS-DOS:2.1,3.0,3.2

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