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196 Watson, R. "Mail Box Protocol" (Not online) 1971 July 20; 4 p. (Obsoleted by RFC 221) On Wed, 7 Apr 1999, Steve Lamb wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 7 Apr 1999 03:36:40 -0600 (MDT), John Galt wrote: > > >But the emailing standard predates both FTP and HTTP, thus the situation > >existed once. > > Excuse me? Which emailing standard? AFAICT by the RFCs email emerged > as its own protocol around the 700s. Meanwhile FTP was being discussed back > in the 400s more than 7 years previous to 780, "Mail Transfer Protocol" and > 8 years before "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol." To me, FTP predates > SMTP/POP/IMAP by quite a bit, esp. when most of the eariler mail documents > refer to moving mail via FTP. > > >and the situation also existed once wherein joe wasn't an option, thus vi > >was required learning. > > Once, but not *now*. > > >The DoS attack is going to exist no matter what is done to stop it. It is > >an artifact of TCP/IP networking: the only thing that can truly not be > >denied is what isn't there. Shutting down a part of an existing protocol > >because of it is ludicrous at best. The professionals that keep the > >internet running, for the most part, know this, thus the minor fact that > >large attachments to email exist to this date. > > Much to the begrudgement of every postmaster I've ever spoken to. > > > - -- > Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your > ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. > - > -------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPsdk version 1.0 (C) 1997 Pretty Good Privacy, Inc > > iQA/AwUBNws6S3pf7K2LbpnFEQJDbwCfXDLjjxSNd50U9a1M22GPavCZoJEAoLkf > M4V8ZNflsbS5vnm72IO9soub > =PJxn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > Customer: "I'm running Windows '98" Tech: "Yes." Customer: "My computer isn't working now." Tech: "Yes, you said that." Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!