X400: Differences Between, Advantages of Field & Type

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Mail Gateway to X.400, version 3.0

SUMMARY

Field and type addressing templates are selected from the X.400 listing maintenance in the Admin program. The template used has two distinct differences:

• The ability to enter address information
• The presentation of the address to the user, should the user query the nature of the X.400 address.

MORE INFORMATION

The field addressing method uses a set of X.400 fields, each of which contains a template that helps the administrator enter the X.400 address information. The field entry also passes the information to the client interface, so users can see the template describing the complex X.400 address. The disadvantage to the field format is a restriction in the number of address variables available to the X.400 addressing. The template allows only for the most widely-used address variables.

A one-line template is used to enter the X.400 address information when the type address is selected. The disadvantage to the one-line template is its lack of user friendliness when a user requests additional information for a particular person's full name identification from the user list. The advantage to the one-line format is that it can enter all parameters available for the X.400 addresses.