Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 11:03:36 MDT From: Rob Slade Subject: Book Review: "The Internet Message" by Rose BKINTMSG.RVW 940309 Prentice Hall 113 Sylvan Avenue Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 (515) 284-6751 FAX (515) 284-2607 phyllis@prenhall.com 70621.2737@CompuServe.COM Alan Apt Beth Mullen-Hespe beth_hespe@prenhall.com "The Internet Message", Rose, 1993, 0-13-092941-7 mrose@dbc.mtview.ca.us Could there be some connection between a cover design strongly reminiscent of Douglas Adam's, "Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" and a banner stating that this is the fourth book in Marshall Rose's trilogy? For those wanting to know how to use Internet mail, this is not your book. This is a technical work examining the design aspects of electronic mail systems. The Internet RFC822 and OSI's (Open System Interconnection) MHS (Message Handling System), aka X.400, are the two major examples used in the review. Those who know Rose's views of OSI will know which comes off better. In spite of the strong (and readily admitted) bias, this is a thorough analysis of a frequently bypassed field. For those who need to build or design messaging systems, this is required reading. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994 BKINTMSG.RVW 940309. Distribution permitted in TELECOM Digest and associated newsgroups/mailing lists. Vancouver ROBERTS@decus.ca Institute for Robert_Slade@sfu.ca Research into rslade@cue.bc.ca User p1@CyberStore.ca Security Canada V7K 2G6