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Re: [Asrg] is SMTP still really store-and-forward ?

2008-11-28 16:05:25
SM wrote:
There have been several proposals about moving away from the store-and-forward model. Some of these proposals assume that there is direct connectivity between the sending and receiving systems. That's not the case. A message can go through several hops before being delivered to the recipient. It's not uncommon to see that nowadays when mail filtering has to be performed. Although there isn't a lot of source routing being done, people still use routing tricks even though it's not transparent to the sender.
The question I have is what problem is trying to be solved even if one
were inclined to move away from store and forward. It's not very clear
that there is one.

      Mike
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