> Do you think it is appropriate for elists to address
>their messages as if they were personal email?
It's resource-intensive to do it that way, rather than bulk
delivery of the same message to many people, so I doubt it
will become a trend.
Actually, it's resource unfair on the receiving side, but not otherwise
a big issue on the originating side. It really doesn't take all that
much of a machine anymore to sustain 1,000s of concurrent outgoing
connections, as long as you're using a multi-threaded SMTP client.
However, if you look at a site like AOL, Yahoo, or Hotmail, consider
what's happening on their end if you've got a few thousand subscribers
from each of their sites on a big elist. Sure, they have some throttle
controls but that's where the inefficieny lies; even if they're using a
multi-threaded SMTP server.
Some vacation programs also ignore "precedence: bulk" and the like,
so maybe memail is counting on that?
Precedence is another one of those problematic headers. Popularized by
USENET, today it enjoys so many different uses that making your
statement out of context is specious. On the other hand, it is yet
another weapon in the arsenal, albeit an unreliable one. Memail does
not insert a precedence header that I see.
Jim
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