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From: Anthony R. Gold
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <838295414snz@wash.demon.co.uk>
           john@wash.demon.co.uk "John Washington" writes:

> More generally, I wonder whether this might be an interesting
> route to go for all mail.  In essence, instead of copying
> the mail to its destination file when the '.' is received,
> leaving the file to be processed offline.  Result would be
> shorter time online, as well as greater resilience to the
> timeout problem.  However, I'm not familiar with how ka9q
> handles its temp files -- does that sound workable?

The proposal to signal to the sending smtp client that KA9Q has taken 
control of the mail *before* it is finally filed it is indeed a VERY 
interesting route to go.

If anyone thinks this is a GOOD THING, please make it optional, as I 
would prefer to opt out of this particular time saving feature.

Regards,
-- 
   Tony - G3SKR / AA2PM                  email: tgold@panix.com
                                                tgold@microvst.demon.co.uk
                                        packet: g3skr@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na

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