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Re: Last Call: SMTP Service Extension for Content Negotiation to Proposed Standard

2002-07-05 16:22:39

At 01:58 PM 7/4/2002 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
IMO, the ultimate aim (even if this is not practical) is to deliver to each recipient the same version of the Fax as they would have received IF they were the only addressee while at the same time generating only the minimum number of copies to allow multi-

That is a worthy and reasonable use for this capability. And, of course yes, it motivated creating this option.

However that level of "perfection" is not required. There is nothing wrong with a service model that is satisfied with sending the least common denominator.

The choice is the sender's.

d/


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