| 摘要 |
<p>A system and method is provided which allows users of an OSI mail handling system 10 the advantage of communicating with users of other mail handling systems and utilizing the functionality associated with the OSI system. The functionality of a RFC-987 gateway 20 is extended to provide, in addition to a straight conversion function, full OSI mail handling functions. A conventional mail handler is extended to allow for both OSI mail and conventional mail originating from a user of any mail system to be processed, thus providing a common interface for mail system users. Further, the sendmail component 12 has now been enabled to recognize OSI addresses and route the associated messages to the appropriate destination 14, 18, 20. Mixed mode addressing has also been extended to include OSI type addresses in an address string that may contain components from several different networks, e.g. TCP/IP, UUCP. <IMAGE></p> |
