Re: Keywords for "SMTP Service Extension for Content Negotiation"

On Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:55:41 PDT, ned+ietf-smtp(_at_)mrochek(_dot_)com said:

> I think this is a fine piece of theoretical analysis which unfortunately has 
> no
> applicability to the real world. In the real world directory/database systems
> that let sites provide Internet-wide access to information about their users 
> do
> not deploy.
>
> I'm not sure why this is the case, and indeed I'm fairly sure that there is no
> good reason for it, but a vast tract of experience tells me it for-sure is the
> case. (Now is not the time to get into whys in more detail.)
I'll just add 2 words to the "why" and leave it at that:

"datamining" "spammers".
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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Computer Systems Senior Engineer
                                Virginia Tech

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