On Wed, 7 Nov 2001, ravi wrote:
> adopt. email file transfer is a problem not because of SMTP (HTTP or FTP
> or SCP are built on TCP which provides the same guaranteed delivery
> mechanism at the transport layer),
I was talking about the app layer; SMTP has delivery information in the app layer protocol, others do not. This is a problem, for example, when a mail server bounces back some message with a 30 meg attachment.
> user perspective. as these technologies mature and provide easier user
> interfaces (and what i argue here is already a 1 year old view, so my
> point might be outdated, i admit)
There are point and drool scp apps for Wintendos.
Matt
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