1 Scope
2
Normative references
3
Definitions
3.1 Open Systems Interconnection
3.2 Directory systems
4
Abbreviations
5
Conventions
6
Purpose
7
Functional model of MHS
7.1 Description of the MHS
model
7.2 Structure of messages
7.3 Application of the MHS model
7.3.1 Physical mapping
7.3.2 Organizational mapping
7.3.3 Administration management domain
7.3.4 Private management domain
7.4 Message store (MS)
7.4.1 Physical configurations
7.4.2 Organizational configurations
8
Message transfer service
8.1 Submission and delivery
8.2 Transfer
8.3 Notifications
8.4 User agent
8.5 Message store
8.6 Access unit
8.7 Use of the MTS in the provision of various services
9
IPM service
9.1 IPM service functional model
9.2 Structure of IP-messages
9.3 IP-notifications
10 Intercommunication with physical
delivery services
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Organizational configurations
11 Specialized access
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Telex access
11.2.1 Registered access to the IPM service
11.2.2 Non-registered (public) access to the IPM
service
11.3 Facsimile access
11.3.1 Non-registered (public) access from the
IPM service
12 Naming and addressing
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Directory names
12.3 OR-names
12.4 OR-addresses
13 MHS use of directory
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Functional model
13.3 Physical configurations
14 Distribution lists in MHS
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Properties of a DL
14.3 Submission
14.4 DL use of a directory
14.5 DL expansion
14.6 Nesting
14.7 Recursion control
14.8 Delivery
14.9 Routing loop control
14.10 Notifications
14.11 DL-handling policy
15 Security capabilities of MHS
15.1 Introduction
15.2 MHS-security threats
15.2.1 Access threats
15.2.2 Inter-message threats
15.2.3 Intra-message threats
15.2.4 Data-store threats
15.3 Security model
15.3.1 Secure access management and
administration
15.3.2 Secure messaging
15.4 MHS-security capabilities
15.5 Security management
15.6 MHS-security dependencies
15.7 IPM security
16 Conversion in MHS
17 Use of the MHS in provision of
public services
18 Elements of service – Purpose
19 Elements of service –
Classification
19.1 Purpose of classification
19.2 Basic message transfer service
19.3 MT service optional user facilities
19.4 Base MH/PD service intercommunication
19.5 Optional user facilities for MH/PD service intercommunication
19.6 Base message store
19.7 MS optional user facilities
19.8 Basic interpersonal messaging service
19.9 IPM service optional user facilities
Annex A – Glossary of terms
A.1 access unit (AU)
A.2 actual recipient
A.3 Administration
A.4 administration domain name
A.5 administration management domain (ADMD)
A.6 alternate recipient
A.7 attribute
A.8 attribute list
A.9 attribute type
A.10 attribute value
A.11 basic service
A.12 body
A.13 body part
A.14 common name
A.15 content
A.16 content type
A.17 conversion
A.18 country name
A.19 delivery
A.20 delivery report
A.21 direct submission
A.22 directory
A.23 directory name
A.24 directory system agent (DSA)
A.25 directory user agent (DUA)
A.26 direct user
A.27 distribution list (DL)
A.28 distribution list expansion
A.29 distribution list name
A.30 domain
A.31 domain-defined attributes
A.32 element of service
A.33 encoded information type (EIT)
A.34 envelope
A.35 explicit conversion
A.36 extension of physical delivery address
components
A.37 extension of postal OR-address components
A.38 file transfer body part
A.39 formatted postal OR-address
A.40 general text body part
A.41 heading
A.42 immediate recipient
A.43 implicit conversion
A.44 indirect submission
A.45 indirect user
A.46 preferred recipient
A.47 intercommunication
A.48 interpersonal messaging service
A.49 IP-message
A.50 local postal attributes
A.51 management domain (MD)
A.52 management domain name
A.53 members
A.54 message
A.55 message handling (MH)
A.56 message handling environment (MHE)
A.57 message handling service
A.58 message handling system (MHS)
A.59 message storage
A.60 message store (MS)
A.61 message transfer (MT)
A.62 message transfer agent (MTA)
A.63 message transfer service
A.64 message transfer system (MTS)
A.65 messaging system
A.66 mnemonic OR-address
A.67 naming authority
A.68 network address
A.69 non-delivery
A.70 non-registered access
A.71 numeric OR-address
A.72 numeric user
identifier
A.73 OR-address
A.74 OR-name
A.75 optional user
facilities
A.76 organization name
A.77 organizational unit name
A.78 originator
A.79 personal name
A.80 physical delivery (PD)
A.81 physical delivery access unit (PDAU)
A.82 physical delivery address components
A.83 physical
delivery country name
A.84 physical delivery domain
A.85 physical delivery office address components
A.86 physical delivery office name
A.87 physical delivery office number
A.88 physical delivery organization name
A.89 physical delivery personal name
A.90 physical delivery service
A.91 physical delivery service name
A.92 physical delivery system (PDS)
A.93 physical message
A.94 physical
rendition
A.95 postal code
A.96 postal OR-address
A.97 postal OR-address components
A.98 post office box address (P.O. Box address)
A.99 poste restante
address
A.100 potential
recipient
A.101 private domain name
A.102 private management domain (PRMD)
A.103 probe
A.104 public message handling service
A.105 public services
A.106 receipt
A.107 recipient
A.108 recursion
A.109 redirection
A.110 registered access
A.111 report
A.112 retrieval
A.113 security capabilities
A.114 specialized access
A.115 standard
attribute
A.116 street address
A.117 subject
A.118 subject message
A.119 subject probe
A.120 submission
A.121 substitute recipient
A.122 terminal identifier
A.123 terminal OR-address
A.124 terminal type
A.125 transfer
A.126 transfer system
A.127 transmittal
A.128 unformatted postal OR-address
A.129 unique postal
name
A.130 user
A.131 user agent (UA)
A.132 voice body part
Annex B – Definitions of elements of service
B.1 access management MT
B.2 additional physical rendition PD PR
B.3 alternate recipient allowed MT
B.4 alternate recipient assignment MT
B.5 authorization time indication IPM
B.6 authorizing users indication IPM
B.7 auto‑acknowledgement of IP‑messages IPM MS-94
B.8 auto‑action log MS-94
B.9 auto‑advise IPM
MS
B.10 auto‑assignment of annotations MS-94
B.11 auto‑assignment of group names MS–94
B.12 auto‑assignment of storage period MS-94
B.13 auto‑correlation of IP‑messages IPM MS-94
B.14 auto‑correlation of IP‑notifications IPM MS-94
B.15 auto‑correlation of reports MS-94
B.16 auto‑deletion after storage period MS-94
B.17 auto‑discarding of IP‑messages IPM MS-94
B.18 auto‑forwarded indication IPM
B.19 auto‑forwarding of IP‑messages IPM MS
B.20 auto‑submitted indication IPM
B.21 basic physical rendition PD PR
B.22 blind copy recipient indication IPM PR
B.23 body part authentication and integrity IPM
B.24 body part encryption IPM
B.25 circulation list recipients indication IPM
B.26 content confidentiality MT
B.27 content integrity MT
PR
B.28 content type
indication MT
B.29 conversion prohibition MT
B.30 conversion prohibition in case of loss of information MT
B.31 converted indication MT
PR
B.32 counter collection PD
PR
B.33 counter collection with advice PD PR
B.34 cover page suppression MT
PR
B.35 cross‑referencing indication IPM
B.36 deferred delivery MT
B.37 deferred delivery cancellation MT
B.38 delivery log MS-94
B.39 delivery notification MT
PR
B.40 delivery time stamp indication MT PR
B.41 delivery via bureaufax service PD PR
B.42 designation of recipient by directory name MT PR
B.43 disclosure of other recipients MT
B.44 distribution codes indication IPM
B.45 DL-exempted recipients MT
B.46 DL-expansion history indication MT
B.47 DL-expansion prohibited MT
B.48 EMS (Express Mail Service)
PD PR
B.49 expiry date indication IPM
B.50 explicit conversion MT
PR
B.51 forwarded IP-message indication IPM
B.52 grade of delivery selection MT
B.53 hold for delivery MT
B.54 implicit conversion MT
B.55 importance indication IPM
B.56 incomplete copy indication IPM
B.57 information category indication IPM
B.58 IP‑message action status IPM MS-94
B.59 IP‑message identification IPM
B.60 IP‑message security labelling IPM
B.61 language indication IPM
B.62 latest delivery designation MT
B.63 manual handling instructions indication IPM
B.64 message flow confidentiality MT
B.65 message identification MT
B.66 message origin authentication MT PR
B.67 message security labelling MT
B.68 message sequence integrity MT PR
B.69 MS register MS
B.70 multi‑destination delivery MT PR
B.71 multi‑part body IPM
B.72 non‑delivery notification MT PR
B.73 non‑receipt notification request indication IPM PR
B.74 non‑repudiation of content received
IPM PR
B.75 non‑repudiation of delivery MT PR
B.76 non‑repudiation of IP‑notification IPM PR
B.77 non‑repudiation of origin MT PR
B.78 non‑repudiation of submission MT
B.79 obsoleting indication IPM
B.80 ordinary mail PD PR
B.81 original encoded information types indication MT
B.82 originator indication IPM
B.83 originator reference indication IPM
B.84 originator requested alternate recipient MT PR
B.85 physical delivery notification by MHS PD PR
B.86 physical delivery notification by PDS PD PR
B.87 physical forwarding allowed PD PR
B.88 physical forwarding prohibited PD PR
B.89 precedence indication IPM
PR
B.90 prevention of non‑delivery notification MT PR
B.91 primary and copy recipients indication IPM
B.92 probe MT
B.93 probe origin authentication MT
B.94 proof of content received IPM PR
B.95 proof of delivery MT
PR
B.96 proof of IP‑notification IPM PR
B.97 proof of submission MT
B.98 receipt
notification request indication IPM
PR
B.99 redirection disallowed by originator MT
B.100 redirection of incoming messages MT
B.101 registered mail PD
PR
B.102 registered mail to addressee in person PD PR
B.103 reply request indication IPM PR
B.104 replying IP‑message indication IPM
B.105 report origin authentication MT
B.106 request for forwarding address PD PR
B.107 request for non‑repudiation
of content received IPM PR
B.108 request for non‑repudiation of IP‑notification
IPM PR
B.109 request for proof of content received IPM PR
B.110 request for proof of IP‑notification IPM
PR
B.111 requested preferred delivery method MT PR
B.112 restricted delivery MT
B.113 return of content MT
B.114 secure access management MT
B.115 sensitivity indication IPM
B.116 special delivery
PD PR
B.117 storage of draft messages MS-94
B.118 storage on submission MS-94
B.119 storage period assignment MS-94
B.120 stored message alert MS
B.121 stored message annotation MS-94
B.122 stored message deletion MS
B.123 stored message fetching MS
B.124 stored message grouping MS-94
B.125 stored message listing MS
B.126 stored message summary MS
B.127 subject indication IPM
B.128 submission log MS-94
B.129 submission of IP‑messages incorporating stored messages
IPM MS-94
B.130 submission time stamp indication MT
B.131 typed body IPM
B.132 undeliverable mail with return of physical message PD PR
B.133 use of distribution list MT PR
B.134 user/UA capabilities registration MT
Annex C – Elements of service changes from 1992
C.1 New elements of service in 1996 version
C.2 Classification of new elements of service
Annex D – Differences between ITU-T Recommendation F.400/X.400 and ISO/IEC
10021-1
D.1 Differences
Annex E – Multinational PRMD