Re: Mail Path MTU discovery?

On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 11:17:51AM +0100, Hadmut Danisch wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 10:32:13AM +0100, Jochen Topf wrote:
> > For instance the "spool size" limit might be obsolete if we can deliver
> > certain mails directly into the mailbox without them ever beeing in the
> > spool. I know of no mail system who can do this today, but that doesn't
> > mean that it's not possible.
> 
> Not all mailboxes are online all day. And this will not change in 
> near future. You'll also need forwarding, mailing list distribution 
> etc. So I guess spooling and relaying will be necessary, otherwise
> it would not be a mail system anymore.

Thats why I said "certain mails". Of course spooling is needed for many
cases, but it is not needed for all cases.

Jochen
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