RFC 1838 · EXPERIMENTAL · 1995
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Use of the X.500 Directory to support mapping between X.400 and RFC 822 Addresses
Overview
RFC 1838, “Use of the X.500 Directory to support mapping between X.400 and RFC 822 Addresses”, is an Experimental document published in August 1995 by S. Kille. It has been obsoleted by RFC 2164 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document defines how to use directory to support the mapping between X.400 O/R Addresses and mailboxes defined in RFC 1327 [2]. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
What “Experimental” means
Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1995
- RFC 1837 Representing Tables and Subtrees in the X.500 Directory
- RFC 1836 Representing the O/R Address hierarchy in the X.500 Directory Information Tree
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- RFC 1841 PPP Network Control Protocol for LAN Extension
- RFC 1834 Whois and Network Information Lookup Service, Whois++
- RFC 1842 ASCII Printable Characters-Based Chinese Character Encoding for Internet Messages
- RFC 1833 Binding Protocols for ONC RPC Version 2
- RFC 1843 HZ - A Data Format for Exchanging Files of Arbitrarily Mixed Chinese and ASCII characters