Re: Email or Something Else

At 7:10 AM -0500 2/9/04, Bonatti, Chris wrote:
>- We want low throughput mobile devices, but we want to be able
>to send large files.
>
>- We want strong user authentication and tracing, but we want to
>support anonymous traffic.
>
>- We want simplicity, but we want flexibility and extensibility.
>
>- We want backward compatibility, but we want a clean slate.
>
>- We want instant delivery, but we want our messages saved till
>we get back.
>
>I find myself wondering if we aren't scoping requirements for
>more than a single application.

What do you mean by "we"? This is a mailing list of widely divergent 
views. Two different people's requirements may be impossible to meet 
in a single protocol, but that doesn't mean you need two protocols. 
It means you have to figure out which requirements are relevant to 
the majority (hopefully the large majority) of users. Some people 
here may be less adept at protocol consideration than others.

--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium