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Revised LISTSERV forum <LSTSRV-L@CEARN> |
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"Mark R. Williamson" <MARK@RICE> |
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Fri, 21 Jul 89 15:52:00 CDT |
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Message of Thu, 20 Jul 89 18:32:00 PDT from <LDW@USCMVSA> |
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Revised LISTSERV forum <LSTSRV-L@CEARN> |
On Thu, 20 Jul 89 18:32:00 PDT Leonard D Woren said:
(">>" is me, ">" is Leonard.)
>> As I said to Bill offlist, the problem is that RFC822 never envisioned
>> a system like LISTSERV, so LISTSERV has to make the best of a hostile
>> environment.
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>I disagree. IF all Bitnet mail was delivered using (B)SMTP (i.e., an
>envelope instead of a header) ...
But that's not the case, which leave LISTSERV back in the RFC822 realm.
Aside from that, and a minor quibble with "REPLY ALL" to reply to the
list ("REPLY TO"??), I agree.
Anybody care to guess when, if ever, we will have BSMTP mailer at every
node on BITNET?
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