Re: Why are we here? What are our goals?

Tex Texin wrote:
> An expiration date, so that mail that is of a timely nature simply evaporates
> if not delivered before the expiration.
> Useful for conference, sales, and other announcements, which could just go away
> if sent to someone who is on vacation, etc.
> (Don't use up resources to store a message of no further value.)
> 

I would add to that message tracking, return and delivery receipts. It 
would be useful for some higher value email to be tracked. Maybe also 
higher classes of service.

Perhaps this is where the economic model can come in - people might be 
willing to pay more for value added services.

Yakov
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Yakov Shafranovich / asrg <at> shaftek.org
SolidMatrix Technologies, Inc. / research <at> solidmatrix.com
"But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and 
taxes" (Benjamin Franklin)
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