"Instant messaging" in general is a really crowded field of endeavour. The IETF had nine different protocol proposals in fromt of it. After a heroic effort these reduced to three. Now JABBER is attempting to expand the field again. The IETF has defined a framework for presence and instant messaging to make it easier for all of them to interwork. I suppose at some point we should look at how T.140 might be brought into line with this framework.

-----Original Message----- From: Paul Long [mailto:plong@IPDIALOG.COM] Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 3:29 PM To: ITU-SG16@echo.jf.INTEL.COM Subject: IM and T.140

What's the difference between "instant messaging" in general and T.140? IOW, what can you do with one that you can't do with the other?

Paul Long ipDialog, Inc.