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Re: POP3 protocol question

Steve Dorner <sdorner@qualcomm.com> Tue, 11 October 1994 00:55 UTC

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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 19:50:32 -0500
To: Michael D'Errico <michael.derrico@software.com>
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From: Steve Dorner <sdorner@qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: POP3 protocol question
Cc: POP3 IETF Mailing List <ietf-pop3+@andrew.cmu.edu>, Jerome Chan <yjc@po.cwru.edu>

At 6:10 PM 10/10/94, Michael D'Errico wrote:
>However, the ability to send mail does not belong in POP3.  No debate
>necessary.  POP3 servers are such different creatures from SMTP servers
>that I'm surprised anybody who understands both would argue for it.

The reasons people argue for it are varied.  Some of the people doing the
arguing are people who understand the issues quite well.  On the balance,
I'm not convinced by them, but there's really no need to get absolutist
about this.

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