Re: MSGTRK pre-drafts

Tony Hansen <[email protected]> Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:36:59 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.msgtrk
Organization AT&T Laboratories
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Keith Moore wrote:
> 
> I'd be curious as to the justification for creating a separate
> protocol for message tracking.  to me it doesn't make any sense.

The proposal was made at Adelaide and there was little disagreement in
the room. I agreed to put together a straw proposal for such a protocol.
The question can certainly be brought up again in Pittsburgh. 

Like everything, it has its good points and its bad points. Here are a
few:

Good points:

    can administer message tracking server separately

    can do referrals to another server that is ONLY running MTQP server

Bad points:

    another protocol, another port

    need to administer two servers now instead of just one

	Tony Hansen
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