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ISPs, SMTP and Mail, and the future (was Re: [LUG] Slow and non-excistant resolution....)



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On Saturday 08 February 2003 12:36 am, Nick Kew wrote:
> Aaargh!  I wonder how long it'll be before someone's XMLRPC software
> starts to accept executable content, paving the way for a whole new
> can of worms.

not soap, xml-rpc, or any other web service.  just plain posting of XML over 
HTTP.

> > WebDAV could also easily replace IMAP and POP3.
>
> Are you volunteering to write a fetchmail-replacement?

maybe one day ;)  Other things such as storing mail in XML format are first, 
imho.  All the mail addons like MIME and PGP have just been hacked on.  
Somethign new needs to come about, first.

though i'm a bit sceptical of the whole internet industry and it's 
incapabilities of looking forward, rather than concentrate *only* supporting 
the past right now;  i can but dream, and hopefuly make a difference.  
someone needs to wake up all the software and systems engineers workign for 
ISP's, they seem to have fallen sleep about 4 years ago, and not woken up 
since.

 ~ Theo

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Theo Zourzouvillys
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<http://theo.me.uk/>
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