On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 07:59:47 GMT, Tim Tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote or quoted :
>Essentially, IM can do pretty-much everything email can these days, but >the reverse is not true at all. The problem with IM is the various IM schemes don't talk to each other. You need a client that knows all the IM protocols. But that seems to be happening with Jabber and Trillian. You have too much reliance on a central server. You have to trust the relaying company. I think it is time that nearly all mail was routinely and transparently end to end encrypted, with the exception of long enclosures that are explicitly marked not confidential. You still have spam to a lesser extent and strangers just wanting to talk. -- Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green. http://mindprod.com Again taking new Java programming contracts. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
