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Network Working                                           C. Allocchio
Group                                                       GARR-Italy
INTERNET-DRAFT                                           November 1997
                                               Expires:       May 1998
                                File: draft-ietf-fax-addressing-01.txt



 
           PSTN and fax address format in e-mail services
                              v3.4



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1. Introduction

   Since the very first e-mail to fax gateway objects appeared, a 
   number of different methods to specify a fax address into an
   e-mail address have been used by implementors. Two major objectives
   for this were

     - enable an e-mail user to send faxes from his/her e-mail
       interface;

     - enable some kind of "fax over e-mail service" transport, to
       reduce the costs of fax transmissions, and use the existing
       e-mail infrastructure.

   The definition of other services wich somehow interact with the
   Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), like voice mail service
   or GSM Short Messages Service (SMS), added other fields where a 
   PSTN address needs to be integrated into an e-mail address.

   This memo describes a method to encode generic PSTN addresses 
   (including thus fax addresses) into e-mail addresses. The opposite
   problem, i.e. to allow a traditional numeric-only telephone or fax
   device user to access the e-mail transport service is not discussed 
   here.

   This memo focuses on a generic e-mail service,  being mainly
   composed by the two major standard interconnected e-mail services,
   Internet Mail and X.400, surrounded by a variety of non standard 
   (mainly LAN-based) e-mail serivces with their gateways to one or 
   both of the standard services.

   The TPC.INT experiment already proposes a method to encode into the
   Internet DNS the fax PSTN addresses. However TPC.INT approach is more 
   oriented towards a "fax routing strategy", i.e. to create a public
   fax routing service that uses the Internet e-mail service, where the 
   Internet DNS service provides embedded fax routing information. 
   Such an approach, however, does not scale to closed users' group, 
   or to LAN-based fax services. TPC.INT approach is not in competition 
   with this proposal, though. In fact the TPC.INT addressing schema is 
   one of the many possible methods to address a so called "I-fax device" 
   in the Internet.

   Even if in this memo we focus on e-mail addresses, a number of elements
   defined in this specification can also be used for other specifications
   dealing with PSTN addresses: for example URLs specification could adopt
   similar definitions, with slight changes in the global syntax due to
   specific URL format.

   Finally, in this proposal we try to obtain maximum compatibility 
   with existing e-mail gateway services and standard specifications.
   In particular it allows tunneling of the Internet e-mail fax and 
   other PSTN related messages across X.400 services (via MIXER 
   gateways), and also facilitate access to existing fax gateway 
   services over different e-mail transport systems with minimal or 
   null modifications to existing installed base.

   In this document the formal definitions are described using ABNF
   sintax, as defined into [referenceABNF]. We will also use some of
   the "CORE DEFINITIONS" defined in "APPENDIX A - CORE" of that document.


2. PSTN address and Fax address

   In order to create a flexible and extensible set of definitions, we
   need to define uniquely the meaning of the diffrerent tokens composing
   what is commonly called "PSTN address". Then we will also define a
   specific subset of "PSTN addresses", i.e. the so called "fax address".

   A pstn-address is composed of two main parts:

     - a global or local PSTN telephone number (possibly supplemented
       by a subaddress), called pstn-mbox

     - an optional set of additional items, useful to add information
       about the recipient or the message, called pstn-recipient. 

   If the message being transported is a fax message over e-mail service,
   then the pstn-mbox telephone number should in common cases point to a 
   "fax aware" device, i.e. a fax machine, a fax gateway or any equivalent 
   one which is able to correctly process a fax message received via the 
   PSTN service.

   The pstn-mbox element is sometimes not enough to specify additional
   details, like intended recipient name, physical address, etc.
   The optional pstn-recipient element provides information which can 
   also be used by the offramp gateway to specify exactly the recipient:
   in case an offramp fax gateway is involved, the pstn-recipient element
   can be used to compose a fax cover page.

   NOTE: The pstn-address is the "local" (also known as "Left Hand
         Side" or LHS) section of an e-mail address, i.e. the 
         element on the left of the "@" sign.

   We define:

      pstn-address = pstn-mbox
                    [ pstn-recipient ]

      pstn-mbox = service-selector "=" ( global-phone / local-phone )
                 [ sub-sep sub-addr ] [post-sep post-dial]


   NOTE: see section 4 in case multiple sub-addr need to be
         specified.


      service-selector = 1*( DIGIT / ALPHA / "-" )
                         ; note that SP (space) is not allowed in 
                         ; service-selector.
                         ; service-selector MUST be handled as a case 
                         ; INSENSITIVE string by implementations.

   Specifications adopting the pstn-address definition must define a
   unique case insensitive service-selector element to identify the 
   specific messaging service involved.

   For the fax over e-mail service the service-selector element is 
   predefined as 

      fax-service-selector = "FAX"

   The resultant fax-address and fax-mbox are

      fax-address = fax-mbox
                    [ pstn-recipient ]

      fax-mbox = "FAX=" ( global-phone / local-phone )
                 [ sub-sep sub-addr ] [post-sep post-dial]


   We define now in details the global-phone and local-phone elements:


      global-phone = "+" int-country-code
                     [ area-code ]
                     local-number
                     ; This is in agreement with ITU E.164 specification.
                     ; area-code can be omitted only for countries
                     ; which do not use an area-code system. 
                     ; This is a globally unique identifier on the PSTN
                     ; and it must be reachable from anywhere.

   NOTE: the pause character is not allowed in global-phone. If the User 
         Agent (UA) allow insertion of the pause character also into
         the global-phone object, then this must be removed before 
         submission to the MTA.


      local-phone = ( local-type1 / local-type2 / local-type3 )

   NOTE: a local-phone specification is a sequence of digits and pauses
         which should be dialled by the MTA specified by mta-I-pstn (see
         section 3) to reach the destination device. Other MTAs should
         only transfer the message around without modification until then
         given destination MTA is reached. However the implementation 
         scenario is complex and its full discussion is out of scope in 
         this document. 


      local-type1 = [ exit-code ]
                    int-access-code
                    int-country-code
                    [ [ pause ] area-code ]
                    [ pause ] local-number
                    ; this is the usual number dialed on traditional
                    ; PSTN devices for an international call.
                    ; area-code can be omitted only for countries
                    ; which do not use an area-code system.

      local-type2 = [ exit-code ]
                    long-distance-access area-code
                    [ pause ] local-number
                    ; this is the usual number dialed on traditional
                    ; PSTN devices for a national long distance call.

      local-type3 = [ exit-code ]
                    [ local-number ]
                    ; this is the usual number dialed on traditional
                    ; PSTN devices for a local call or in countries
                    ; where the area-code is not in use.
                    ; Note that it could also be totally missing for
                    ; cases where the local dialling device rely on
                    ; local post-dial sequences only.

   In common practice PSTN numbers are often written, for users
   readability, using separators like SP, ".", "-" and others.
   There elements do not actually belong to the number itself and 
   cannot be dialled on the PSTN services. However user specifying 
   a PSTN e-mail address will be facilitated if they can insert
   these separators between dial elements like digits etc.
   For this reason we allow in the syntax the write-sep element as
   defined below. 

   The write-sep element MUST be ignored by all involved e-mail to 
   external service devices. The MTAs are also allowed to remove 
   the write-sep elements from pstn-mbox addresses. The use of the
   write-sep is allowed, but not reccommended.

     write-sep = ( "-" / "." )


      int-country-code = 1*( DIGIT / write-sep )
                         ; without the local international access
                         ; prefix

      int-access-code = 1*( DIGIT / write-sep )
                        ; examples: "00", "010", "19"

      long-distance-access = 1*( DIGIT / write-sep )
                             ; in many countries this code is "0" or "1"

      exit-code = phone-string
                  ; this include anything needed to enable dialling, like
                  ; the digit to access outside line, the long distance
                  ; carrier access code, the access password to the service
                  ; and also allows special DTMF "#", "*", "A", "B", "C"
                  ; and "D" codes

      area-code = 1*( DIGIT / write-sep )
                  ; without the eventual leading long-distance-access code.
                  ; NOTE: some countries do not use an internal area-code
                  ; structure

      local-number = 1*( DIGIT / pause / write-sep )
                     ; this is the usual number dialed on traditional
                     ; devices for a local call

    IMPORTANT NOTE: the description of local-phone is complex due to a large 
    number of possible variants in the existing phone systems. However its own
    structure can also be described as a 'sequence of DIGIT, pause, tonewait, 
    "#" and "*" appropriate to the local dialling environment in order to 
    reach the final destination device'.

      
      phone-string = 1*( DIGIT / pause / tonewait / "#" / "*" /
                         "A" / "B" / "C" / "D" / write-sep )
                     ; this includes also special DTMF codes like "*", 
                     ; "#", "A", "B", "C", "D" defined in [reference ETSI]
                     ; Important Note: this is NOT the alpha to digit
                     ; convention in use in some countries.


   In PSTN service there are cases where a sub-addr is required to specify
   the final destination. In particular there are ISDN subaddresses, which
   are common to all possible services, including fax service, and T.33
   subaddresses which are limited to the fax service only. We must thus
   be able to distinguish the two possible cases, remembering that using
   a T.33 subaddress outside the fax service makes absolutely no sense.

   As a consequence, for all possible services we define:

      sub-sep = isdn-sep

   while for the fax over e-mail service only we allow the alternate choice
   of:

      sub-sep = ( isdn-sep / t33-sep )

   In details:

      isdn-sep = "/ISUB="
                 ; note that "/ISUB=" is case INSENSITIVE

      t33-sep =  "/TSUB="
                 ; note that "/TSUB=" is case INSENSITIVE and can be used
                 ; within fax service only.


      sub-addr = 1*( DIGIT / write-sep )

      pause = ( "p" / "P" )

      tonewait = ( "w" / "W" )

   NOTE: "pause" and "tonewait" character interpretation in local-phone numbers
         depends on the specific MTA implementation. Thus its exact meaning 
         need not to be defined here.


      post-sep =  "/POSTD="
                  ; note that "/POSTD=" is case INSENSITIVE


      post-dial = phone-string
                  ; this include anything needed to access the final device
                  ; on the PSTN, like further dialing sequenes 
                  ; and also allows special DTMF "#", "*", "A", "B", "C"
                  ; and "D" codes

   A number of pstn-mbox examples are listed in section 5.1 

   We define now the optional and extensible pstn-recipient item:

      pstn-recipient = [ recipient-name ]
                      [ 1*( recipient-qualifier ) ]

      recipient-name = ( personal-type1 / personal-type2 )

      personal-type1 = "/PN="
                       [ givenname [ "." ] ]
                       [ initials [ "." ] ]
                       surname
                       ; this is compatible with ITU F.401

      personal-type2 = [ "/G=" givenname ]
                       [ "/I=" initials ]
                       "/S=" surname
                       ; this is compatible with ITU F.401


   The following definitions come directly from MIXER specification:

      surname = printablestring

      givenname = 1*( DIGIT /  ALPHA / SP / "'" / "+" /
                    "," / "-" / "/" / ":" / "=" / "?" )

      initials = 1*ALPHA


   NOTE: the two possible formats of recipient-name are both in
         common use. Implementations should accept both, but
         generate personal-type1 only.

  And also the extensible recipient-qualifier:

      recipient-qualifier :== ( qualif-type1 / qualif-type2 )

      qualif-type1 = "/" keyword "=" string

      keyword = 1*( DIGIT / ALPHA / "-" )
                ; note that SP (space) is not allowed in keyword

      qualif-type2 = "/" x400-label "=" printablestring
      
      x400-label = ( "GQ" / "O" / "OU1" / "OU2" / "OU3" / "OU4" /
                     "P" / "A" / "C" / "PD-PN" / "PD-EA" / "PD-ED" /
                     "PD-OFN" / "PD-OF" / "PD-O" / "PD-S" / "PD-A" /
                     "PD-U" / "PD-L" / "PD-R" / "PD-B" / "PD-PC" /
                     "PD-SN" / "PD-C" / "X121" / "E164" / "PSAP" /
                     "N-ID" / "T-ID" / "T-TY" / "DD." dd-key )
                    ; this is the full list of existing text labels
                    ; according to ITU F.401. "PD-x" labels provide
                    ; a set of predefined attributes for physical
                    ; delivery which can be also useful for message
                    ; recipient identification.

      dd-key = 1*( DIGIT / ALPHA / "-" )
               ; note that SP (space) is not allowed in dd-key

      string = PCHAR
               ; note that printable characters are %x20-7E

      printablestring = 1*( DIGIT / ALPHA / SP / 
                            "'" / "(" / ")" / "+" / "," / "-" / 
                            "." / "/" / ":" / "=" / "?" )
                        ; this definition comes from ITU F.401 and
                        ; [MIXER].

   NOTE: if we use WSP and other specials in string, the obtained
         pstn-address will result in quoted-string; this could create
         problems to some existing broken MTA and UA implementations.
         WSP and specials are defined in [rfc822bis].

  The specific use of extension keywords, and the eventual registration
  of extension keyword is out of the scope of this specification. Specific
  qualif-type1 and qualif-type2 use is an implementation issue.

  The pstn-recipient object is intended to specify per-recipient elements to
  be used to identify the exact recipient. In the specific case of fax over
  e-mail service, the pstn-recipient object is intended to be used to 
  identify the fax recipient on the fax cover page generated by the MTA 
  given in mta-I-pstn. For specific fax cover generation issues see also 
  appendix A.

  See section 5.2 for pstn-recipient examples.


3. The e-mail address of the I-pstn device: mta-I-pstn
  
   An "I-pstn device" owns an e-mail address, or to be more exact, a 
   name which enables a mail system to identify it on the e-mail 
   global system. In the specific case of the fax service, the I-pstn
   device is known as "I-fax device".

   In Internet mail, this is the Right Hand Side (RHS) part of the 
   address, i.e. the part on the right of the "@" sign. We will call
   this mta-I-pstn.

      mta-I-pstn = domain

   where domain SHALL be a fully-qualified canonical domain name as 
   defined in RFC 1035 and the SMTP specification syntax production 
   for <domain> as defined in RFC 821.


4. The pstn-email

   The complete structure used to transfer a PSTN address over the Internet 
   e-mail transport system is called pstn-email. This object is a an e-mail 
   address which conforms to RFC822 addr-spec syntax, with extra structure 
   which allows the PSTN number to be identified.

         pstn-email =  ["/"] pstn-address ["/"] "@" mta-I-pstn

   NOTE: the optional "/" characters can result from other mail transport 
         services gateways, where it is also an optional element. 
         Implementations should accept it, but should not generate such 
         element. Gateways are allowed to strip them off when converting
         to Internet mail addressing.

   In case there are multiple sub-addr to be given on the same pstn-mbox
   then multiple pstn-email elements will be used. The UA could accept
   multiple sub-addr elements for the same global-phone / local-phone,
   but it must generate multiple pstn-mbox, when passing the message to 
   the MTA.

4.1 The fax-email

   The fax-email element is just a specific version of pstn-email for the
   fax over the Internet e-mail transport system, where the distinction
   element is just the fixed "FAX" service-selector.

         fax-email =  ["/"] fax-address ["/"] "@" mta-I-pstn

   In this case the mta-I-pstn will usually point to an "I-fax" device
   where the fax message is handled properly.


5. Examples

   In order to clarify the specification we present here a limited
   set of examples. Many of the examples refer to the fax service,
   but also additional possible services are included.


5.1 pstn-mbox examples

   A pstn-mbox address in Italy for the fax service, using global-phone, 
   without sub-addr and without write-sep:

     FAX=+3940226338

   A pstn-mbox address in Germany for an hypotetical XYZ service, using 
   global-phone, with ISDN sub-addr 1234 and write-sep ".":

     XYZ=+49.81.7856345/ISUB=1234

   A pstn-mbox address in U.S.A. for fax service, using global-phone, 
   with T.33 sub-addr 8745, with write-sep "-" and post-dial sequence 
   p1w7005393w373

     FAX=+1-202-455-7622/TSUB=8745/PostD=p1w7005393w373

   A pstn-mbox address in Italy for fax service, using local-phone, 
   dialed from an MTA in Germany, with int-access-code "00", with T.33 
   subaddress "4312" and without pause or write-sep:

     FAX=003940226338/Tsub=4312

   The same pstn-mbox address in Italy, using local-phone dialed from
   an MTA in Italy (long distance call), with long-distant-access "0",
   with exit-code "9", T.33 subaddress "4312", pause "p" and write-sep
   ".":

     FAX=9p040p22.63.38/tsub=4312

   A pstn-mbox address in North America for hypotetical service XYZ, 
   using global-phone, without sub-addr and write-sep "-" and ".":

     XYZ=+1.202.344-5723


   A pstn-mbox address for fax service in France, using local-phone 
   dialed from an MTA in France (long distance call), with exit-code 
   "0", T.33 subaddress "3345" and pause "p":

     FAX=0p0134782289/TSUB=3345

   A pstn-mbox address for fax service in North America, using local-phone, 
   without sub-addr, without local-number, using only post-dial sequences to
   reach numbers stored in a locally defined short-dial numbers database,
   where 6743 is an access password, and 99p51 is the sequence to access
   the local short-dial number:

     FAX=/postd=w6743w99p51


5.2 pstn-recipient examples

   Here are a number of pstn-recipient examples. Please note that
   pstn-recipient is just an optional element, and thus a pstn-mbox 
   element also is required in a pstn-address.

   A pstn-recipient using only recipient-name of personal-type1, 
   with givenname initials and surname:

     /PN=Tom.J.Smiths

   A pstn-recipient using only recipient-name of personal-type1, 
   with givenname and surname:

     /PN=Mark.Collins

   A pstn-recipient using only recipient-name of personal-type2, 
   with surname only:

     /S=Smiths

   A pstn-recipient using recipient-name of personal-type1, and 
   one recipient-qualifier extension:

     /PN=J.Smiths/dept=Quaility-control

   A pstn-recipient using two recipient-qualifier extension, only:

     /office=T2-33A/dept=Q-C

   A fax-reciepint using some recipient-quelifier extension derived from
   ITU F.401 physical delivery label set:

     /PD-S=Main.Street/PD-SN=45/PD-OF=Sales.dept


5.3 pstn-address examples

  Some pstn-address examples, obtained combining elements from 
  previous examples. There are complete addresses which can
  be used as "local part" (LHS) element of an e-mail address.

  Without optional pstn-recipient (fax service):

     FAX=+12023445723

  With pstn-recipient of personal-type1 (XYZ service):

     XYZ=+3940226338/PN=Mark.Collins

  With pstn-recipient made of two recipient-qualifier extensions 
  (fax service):

     FAX=9p040p22.63.38/tsub=4312/office=T2-33A/dept=Q-C


5.4 pstn-email examples

  Here are the same addresses as before, where "faxgw" is the
  mta-I-pstn field for the fax service.

     FAX=+12023445723@faxgw

     FAX=+39-40-226338/PN=Mark.Collins@faxgw

     FAX=9p040p226338/TSUB=4312/office=T2-33A/dept=Q-C@faxgw

     FAX=+3940226338/PN=Mark.Collins/@faxgw

  NOTE: the optional "/" in front for the "@" sign can be generated
        by gateways to other services, like MIXER.


5.5 A complete SMTP transaction example:

  Here is an example of complete SMTP transaction.

    S: <listening on SMTP port>
    C: <opens connection to SMTP port>
    S: 220 foo.mailfax.com ESMTP service ready
    C: EHLO pc.mailfax.com
    S: 250 foo.mailfax.com says hello
    C: MAIL FROM:<tom@mailfax.com>
    S: 250 <tom@mailfax.com> Sender ok
    C: RCPT TO:<FAX=+3940226338@foo.mailfax.com>
    S: 250 <FAX=+3940226338> recipient ok
    C: DATA
    S: 354 Enter your data
    C: From: Thomas Blake <tom@mailfax.com>
    C: To: <FAX=+3940226338@foo.mailfax.com>
    C: Subject: Hello there
    C: MIME-version: 1.0
    C: Date: Mon, 01 Sep 1997 18:14:23 -0700
    C: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=16820115-1435684603#2306
    C:
    C: This is a MIME message. It contains a
    C: TIFF-F fax bodypart
    C:
    C: --16820115-1435684603#2306
    C: Content-Type: image/TIFF-F
    C: Content-Tranfer-Encoding: BASE64
    C: Content-Description: FAX
    C:
    C: ABAA745HDKLSW932ALSDL3ANCVSASDFLALSDFA
    C: 87AASS2999499ASDANASDF0000ASDFASDFNANN
    C: 87BBHDXBADS00288SADFNAZBZNNDNNSNNA11A0
    C: H8V73KS0C8JS6BFJEH78CDWWDUJEDF7JKES8==
    C: --16820115-1435684603#2306--
    C: .
    S: 250 Okay
    C: QUIT
    S: 221 Goodbye


6. Conclusion

   With this proposal we try to create a standard encoding for PSTN
   addresses within global e-mail transport system. The proposal 
   requires no changes to existing e-mail software. An update to
   existing MIXER gateways specification is envisaged, to extend
   accessibility also to X.400 fax gateway services in a transparent
   way.


7. Security Considerations

   This document specifies a means by which PSTN addresses can be
   encoded into e-mail addresses. As routing of e-mail messages is
   determined by Domain Name System (DNS) information, a succesful 
   attack on this service could force the mail path via some particular
   gateway or message transfer agent where mail security can be
   affected by compromised software.

   There are several means by which an attacker might be able to
   deliver incorrect mail routing information to a client. These 
   include: (a) compromise of a DNS server, (b) generating a 
   counterfeit response to a client's DNS query, (c) returning 
   incorrect "additional information" in response to an unrelated 
   query. Clients SHOULD ensure that mail routing are based only 
   on authoritative answers. Once DNS Security mechanisms [RFC 2065] 
   become more widely deployed, clients SHOULD employ those mechanisms 
   to verify the authenticity and integrity of mail routing records.

   Some PSTN service require dialing of private codes, like Personal 
   Identification Numbers, to access special services. As e-mail
   addresses are transmitted without encoding over the MTAs transport 
   service, this could allow unauthorized people to gain access to 
   these codes when used inside local-phone. Use of double key
   encryption techniques for local-phone can solve these security
   problem.


8. Author's Address

   Claudio Allocchio
   Sincrotrone Trieste
   SS 14 Km 163.5 Basovizza
   I 34012 Trieste
   Italy

   RFC822: Claudio.Allocchio@elettra.trieste.it
   X.400:  C=it;A=garr;P=Trieste;O=Elettra;
           S=Allocchio;G=Claudio;
   Phone:  +39 40 3758523
   Fax:    +39 40 3758565


A. Fax cover generation issues

   In electronic mail world, messages contain an header which gives 
   information about different items: some of them are intended for 
   message identification, while others contain information usable by 
   the recipient. 

   The equivalent of the message headers for faxes is the fax cover, as
   it also conveys similar information. Moreover for faxes there are 
   sometimes legal and official requirements which makes compulsory the 
   generation of certain information of the fax cover. 

   The fax cover generation is a complex topic and needs a detailed
   study. In this appendix we only define some methods and equivalences 
   for fax cover generation starting from RFC822 message headers and we
   suggest some examples on how pstn-recipient optional fields can be used 
   on the fax cover. For the complete description of fax cover generation
   methods, please refer to [document in preparation].


A.1 Use of message header fields for cover generation

   In this section we define a set of message headers which should be
   included in fax message cover. These headers will be included for all
   recipients of the fax message.

   The following header fields, when present, must be included into the
   generated fax cover page:

     Date           Message-Id          Reply-To            Sensitivity

     From           Importance          Subject             

     To             Cc                  Bcc

   NOTE: if fax message is generated from a Bcc destination address, "blind 
         carbon copy" rules apply, i.e. other recipients must not be present
         on fax cover.

   Any other header field may be included, when present, into the generated
   fax cover page.


A.2 Cover page elements generated from pstn-recipient information

   Using the optional pstn-recipient information, the sender can specify
   further detailed information to be used (also for) fax cover generation.
   This information will be included only on the fax cover page being
   generated for the specific pstn-mbox.

   
A.2.1 recipient-name

   The recipient-name field, if present, must be included on the fax cover
   page. The field must be used to specify the name of the intended fax
   recipient.

A.2.2 recipient-qualifier

  The recipient-qualifier field, if present, should be included on the fax
  cover page. Due to its "label" = "value" format, it is suggested to
  generate fax cover fields in a consistent syntax, for example:

      label: value

  A set of "label" human readable descriptions for x400-label is given
  in ITU F.401, tables B-1/F.401, B-2/F.401, B-3/F.401; they could suggest
  a consistent method for some fax cover fields representation.


B. Recipient identification for non fax services.

   The same set of suggestions given in the above appendix A can also be
   easily applied to other services which could use this addressing
   specification. In particular the pstn-recipient information could
   be used by voice-related service to identify the real recipient of
   the voice message, or to specify the recipient of a GSM SMS memo.

   As specific cases are strictly related to specific services, we cannot
   define here additional details. However the guidelines of appendix A
   should be adopted as a basis.

C. References

     RFC821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. J. Postel. (August 1982)

     RFC822 Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text messages. D.
     Crocker. (August 1982)

     RFCxxxx (DRAFT-IETF-DRUMS-MSG-FMT-xx.TXT) Message Format Standard.
     P. Resnick. (xxxx 199x)

     RFCxxxx (DRAFT-IETF-DRUMS-SMTPUPD-xx.TXT) Simple Mail Transfer
     Protocol. J. C. Klensin, D. P. Mann. (xxxx 199x)

     RFCxxxx (DRAFT-KILLE-MIXER-RFC1327BIS-xx.TXT) MIXER (Mime Internet
     X.400 Enhanced Relay): Mapping between X.400 and RFC 822/MIME.
     S.E. Kille. (xxxx 199x)

     RFC1035 Domain names - implementation and specification. P.V.
     Mockapetris. (November 1987)

     RFC2065 Domain Name System Security Extensions. D. Eastlake, 3rd, C.
     Kaufman. (January 1997)

     RFCxxxx (DRAFT-IETF-DRUMS-ABNF-xx.TXT) Augmented BNF for Syntax 
     Specifications: ABNF. D.Crocker, P. Overell (xxxx 199x)

     RFC1528 Principles of Operation for the TPC.INT Subdomain: Remote
     Printing -- Technical Procedures. C. Malamud & M. Rose. (October 1993)

     ITU F.401 - Message Handling Services: Naming and Addressing for Public
     Massage Handling Service; reccommendation F.401 (August 1992)

     ITU F.423 - Message Handling Services: Intercommunication Between the
     Interpersonal Messaging Service and the Telefax Service; reccommendation 
     F.423 (August 1992)

     ITU E.164 - Numbering plan for the ISDN era; recommendation E.164/I.331 
     (August 1991)

     ETSI I-ETS 300,380 - Universal Personal Telecommunication (UPT): Access 
     Devices Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) sender for acoustical coupling
     to the microphone of a handset telephone (March 1995)



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