Re: Email or Something Else

Hadmut Danisch <[email protected]> Tue, 10 Feb 2004 06:59:52 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.mail.ng
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On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:10:15AM -0500, Bonatti, Chris wrote:
>
> - We want backward compatibility, ...


This requirement is nebulous, should be paraphrased in 
explicit requirements:


- Should (temporarily=few years) be able to receive messages
  through old SMTP/MX-Record. Maybe there could be a separate
  gateway application, accepting SMTP and injecting it into 
  the new mechanism.

- Should be able to deliver to old SMTP/MX machines.

- Should be able to convert messages from old RFC822 to 
  new style and vice versa.

- Should support UNIX world's /usr/sbin/sendmail injection 
  method.

- (Maybe) should support MUAs with POP and IMAP (maybe through 
  a separate gateway process)

Anything forgotten?

Hadmut