Interoperability solution between Peer-to-Peer and client - Server based mailing systems

This paper presents a reliable system interface between several Peer-to-Peer (P2P) mailing systems [1-4] and current client-server based mailing solutions. Several issues are raised by such an interface, one being that traditional P2P mailing systems need to handle internal protocols by biding to a certain RFC standard format. Another issue lies in the way peers are referred to from the outside network. Our approach involves separating the RFC standard from the internal communication protocol between peers, thus enabling the interoperability between systems even if the RFC standard is updated.