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X.400 CONNECTIVITY FOR HP DESK
The following position paper was created to help HP Sales Teams
understand the various options availble in connecting HP Desk to X.400
and explains which option to use when. There are two possible
solutions for providing X.400 connectivity for HP Desk users:
OPTTION 1
HP 3000 HP 9000
+---------------+ +----------+
| |-------------| OpenMail |
| HP DESK | |----------|
| | | HP X.400 |
+---------------+ +----------+
| To X.400
OPTION 2
HP 3000 HP 9000
+---------------+ +----------+
| HP Desk | | |
|---------------| | HP X.400 |
| X.400/HP Desk |-------------| |
+---------------+ +----------+
| To X.400
In the first solution, HP Desk X.400-bound messages to OpenMail which
then passes them to HP X.400. HP X.400/HP Desk is not required in this
solution. In the second solution, HP X.400/HP Desk extracts X.400-
bound messages from HP Desk and passes them to HP X.400. OpenMail is
not required in this solution.
Which solution is best? HP's long-term strategy is towards OpenMail.
All future development (in particular, 1988 X.400 functionality) will
be done on OpenMail. For this reason, we recommend that new X.400
customers should use Openmail. However, at this time the current
versions of HP X.400/HP Desk (B.01.00) and OpenMail (A.00.01) are not
the same. For this reason, we have outlined the major differences
between these two options:
The following are the benefits of using OpenMail as a gateway between
Desk and X.400:
* OpenMail is the strategic direction for an HP Desk to X.400 gateway
solution.
* Using OpenMail as the gateway between X.400 and HP Desk is less
expensive to implement. OpenMail costs only $1200 while the HP
X.400/HP Desk software ranges from $4,000 to $20,000.
* OpenMail supports end-to-end delivery reports and read
acknowledgements.
* OpenMail supports ALL mandatory X.400 service elements. OpenMail was
designed with X.400 in mind so it can be implemented and expanded to
take advantage of X.400 services. The services that can be provided
between HP Desk and X.400 are limited only to the services provided by
HP Desk. (Note: OpenMail provides more X.400 services than X.400/HP
Desk such as T.61 string bodypart generation and full support of X.400
acknowledgements.)
* Extensive interoperability has been done with OpenMail and HP X.400.
* OpenMail (version A.00.01) is 1984 X.400 conformant, both to NIST and
COS requirements.
* Future OpenMail releases will provide 1988 X.400 services.
* Faster extraction of messages from HP Desk because less processing is
done on the MPE node. This also results in less MPE system resources
being used.
* No additional software is required on the MPE side since HP
Desk/OpenMail connectivity is part of the HP Desk product. This means
that less X.400 expertise is required by the HP Desk Administrator
since the OpenMail node is treated as an extension of the HP Desk
network. In summary, the best solution depends on the customer's
current and future needs. If the customer wants to be able to use 1988
X.400 features in the future, OpenMail is the best solution. If the
customer is satisfied with the current X.400 functionality or does want
to purchase another e-mail package (OpenMail), then X.400/HP Desk may
be the best solution. Remember that OpenMail is HP's long-term
strategic direction for HP Desk to X.400 connectivity.
Below are additional features of HP X.400/HP Desk that are not
currently in OpenMail:
* X.400/HP Desk allows the administrator to configure which X.400 O/R
address field(s) to store HP Desk location, sublocation, and FSC
information. X.400/HP Desk can map HP Desk address fields to a
combination of X.400 O/R address fields, namely PRMD, Organizational
Name, and Organizational Units. OpenMail can only map/store HP Desk
location and sublocation (not FSC) to the fixed Organizational Units.
* Multiple HP Desk nodes can communicate with a single HP X.400 node
using X.400/HP Desk while only one HP Desk node can communicate with a
single OpenMail/X.400 node using A.00.01 OpenMail.
* Stamping of the originator's X.400 address is done by HP X.400/HP
Desk at the HP X.400/HP Desk node. Therefore, users on HP X.400/HP Desk
Node1 can have a different Country Name, ADMD, PRMD, and Organization
Name than users on HP X.400/HP Desk Node2. This is not applicable to
OpenMail since it supports only one HP Desk connection (i.e., all HP
Desk users will have the same Country/ADMD/PRMD/Organization Name.
* X.400/HP Desk allows the administrator to map HP Desk
location/sublocation into a set of X.400 O/R address fields via
``template'' configuration. For example, Fred Bloggs/IBM could be
mapped to Bloggs,Fred/Marketing,Technical/IBM/US/TELEMAIL/IBM_PRMD if
``IBM'', the HP Desk location, ismapped to
``/Marketing,Technical/IBM/US/TELEMAIL/IBM_PRMD.'' (Note: This feature
only applies to outgoing messages from HP Desk to X.400.) OpenMail does
not provide this functionality.