Re: [Asrg] Consensus Call - submission via posting (was Re: Iteration #3)

Alessandro Vesely <vesely@tana.it> Sun, 07 February 2010 06:28 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Asrg] Consensus Call - submission via posting (was Re: Iteration #3)
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Dave CROCKER wrote:
> On 2/6/2010 9:55 AM, Chris Lewis wrote:
>> Alessandro Vesely wrote:
>>> If we reset the discussion why do we maintain that reports have to be 
>>> sent by SMTP/MSA? IMAP is better (see below).
>>
>> You just did it again. This _forces_ technology dependence,
>
> My reading was that the group appeared to converge on using regular 
> posting for submitting a report.

+1. However, that necessarily depends on the nature of the reports 
that have to be sent:

>    [1]  Is the same as for submitting regular new mail, that is, normal
>         posting.  (Determination of the address to send to is a separate
>         issue.)

The former suits well "generalized FBLs", and ARF.


>    [2]  Is specific to the mechanism for retrieving the message for which a
>         report is being submitted.  (The details of such mechanisms is a
>         separate issue.)

The latter is better for maintaining Bayesian data on the servers, 
an apparently related topic.