[ih] Internet-history Digest, Vol 69, Issue 11

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

On 17/08/2025 04:13, vinton cerf via Internet-history wrote:
>     *X.400* for its message handling services. This protocol provides a
>     robust "store-and-forward" system for transmitting messages and is known
>     for its advanced addressing and security capabilities.

For the anedcote, my recollection of X.400 was that it was far from 
"robust". I would have used "unreliable", "unpredictable" and "flimsy" 
as adjectives for X.400. In theory, it sounded great, but in practice, 
its setting up and use was so complex that one small discrepancy and it 
it wouldn't work properly. IMHO a classic example of wanting to do too much.

O.