[37907] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: EMAIL != FTP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexei Roudnev)
Fri May 25 14:17:05 2001
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From: "Alexei Roudnev" <alex@relcom.EU.net>
To: "Robert Blayzor" <rblayzor@thebiz.net>,
"Mitch Halmu" <mitch@netside.net>,
"John Fraizer" <nanog@Overkill.EnterZone.Net>
Cc: "Roeland Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>,
"'Steve Sobol'" <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>,
"Shawn McMahon" <smcmahon@eiv.com>, <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:06:22 -0700
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> delivered. SMTP is for mail, FTP/HTTP should be used for files. Not to
> mention 99% of the time they are very rude to receive. Just imagine, you're
> on vacation somewhere dialed in from a hotel that is charging you a buck a
> minute. You go to pick up the email that is really important to you, but
> you can't because some jerk decided that they would send you the most recent
> funny AVI they saw on the web, when they could have just sent you the URL.
I don't see any bad things. I'll open IMAP folder, saw huge message and will
delete it - just ON the server. What's the problem with the mail protiocols?
If I use SMCP - OK, this message will have low priority and will not delay
otherts. And then are you expecting to use SMCP over dialup link with your
notebook?
Just again - if you have some technology problems, use better technology, not
limit the services.
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