* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Todd Vierling) [Tue 01 Mar 2005, 19:18 CET]: > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] >> These core operators sign up to a multilateral mail peering agreement >> and provide email transit services for other operators. >> >> The next layer is the non-core email service providers who have >> bilateral mail peering agreements with one or more core email transport >> providers. > > Contrary to what you said before, this *IS* the UUCP model in a > nutshell. It has been done before, it does not scale, and it does not > fit the way business works today.
It looks more like the way the GPRS roaming world has been set up by a few telcos. I don't think that's how you necessarily want to shape your e-mail roaming agreements, let alone *all* e-mail exchanges. -- Niels. -- The idle mind is the devil's playground