X400: Address Syntax

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, versions 2.1, 3.0, and 3.2

SUMMARY

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
  

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Characters

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.

Name                      Character

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             ?