Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 21:06:21 -0400 From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu> To: davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au Cc: scott@statsci.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: uucp uid's Message-ID: <199706070106.VAA01839@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199706070101.LAA14613@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> (message from David Nugent on Sat, 07 Jun 1997 11:01:30 %2B1000)
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>>>> We need a new protocol, imho. Not unlike smtp, or maybe even a >>>> variation of smtp that is receiver driven. >>>Seems you could add some commands to SMTP to say HELO and SEND me my mail? >>You could. You'd pretty well have POP when you were through. >POP is a mailbox delivery program. It has no business delivering >mail to a *site*. Extending POP is an option, extending SMTP is >another. Or inventing something new similar to either as you >also suggest is yet another, but it is abundantly clear that >something else is needed for delivery of mail to sites via >occasional dialup connections. I apologize; I didn't properly understand that the discussion was about site-based mail delivery. You are correct; POP is unsuitable for these purposes. But extending SMTP makes even less sense, IMHO. Happy hacking, joelh -- http://www.wp.com/piquan --- Joel Ray Holveck --- joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu All my opinions are my own, not the Free Software Foundation's. Second law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation -- core dumped
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