🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <578@redsox.UUCP> campbell@redsox.UUCP (Larry Campbell) writes:
>At the risk of starting a minor flame war (Go ahead, punk, make my day),
>I'm going to suggest that implementing POP would be a waste of time because
>the 1988 X.400 series of recommendation contains a protocol to implement
>a Message Store, which is exactly what POP provides.  (I don't remember
>that actual recommendation number of the Message Store document, since
>my references are all at the office.)
>
>Why fiddle with random hacks when recognized international standards exist?

POP would seem to be a much smaller effort to implement than X.400. 

POP will layer into a TCP/IP network quite nicely, X.400 is a little harder.

Personally I'm waiting for the 1992 X.400 to see which way the dust settles
before I start implementing, and POP would be fun to play with in the
meantime :-)


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