Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:37:25 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Email push and pull (was Re: matthew dillon) Message-ID: <3E4B12F5.2608BBB@mindspring.com> References: <20030211032932.GA1253@papagena.rockefeller.edu> <a05200f2bba6e8fc03a0f@[10.0.1.2]> <3E498175.295FC389@mindspring.com> <a05200f38ba6f51f20eff@[10.0.1.2]> <3E49C434.D8D497EE@mindspring.com> <a05200f44ba6fe5dff1a0@[10.0.1.2]> <3E4A83BC.8A15E7C3@mindspring.com> <a05200f4fba70847460b3@[10.0.1.2]>
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Brad Knowles wrote: > At 9:26 AM -0800 2003/02/12, Terry Lambert wrote: > >> In what way does IMAP4 need to be changed? > > > > Add domain support. > > Certainly, you could pass pretty much whatever you want. The > issue is whether or not the IMAP server understands the @domain > portion. > > This problem is already solved -- check out Perdition. The problem is *not* solved by Perdition. Perdition does not even *begin* to solve the problem. > > Well, the "OP" in this case is actually a reference to a DJB > > document, and what we're interested in here is solving the > > problem. We don't have to accept both the data store and the > > "don't send messages" parts of the document, all or nothing. > > Well, if we're interested in solving the problem and not > necessarily accepting the entire document as specified, then we might > as well throw the whole thing away. I agree. It is a poor specification. > > No, you'd direct-send notices. You'd flood-fill the messages > > the notices referred to, to address the scalability and availability > > problems, and to partially address the "revisionist history" and > > "delete before receipt" problems. > > You can do this today. Send an e-mail and tell people to go read > a specific USENET news message. Doesn't work too well. Doesn't address any privacy issues. Even encrypted, your data is out there for anyone to perform traffic analysis upon. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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