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From: dbielik@sunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Danny Bielik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: standard mail file format
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Date: 19 Dec 90 00:58:07 GMT
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In article <921@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> mallsop@sunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Mark Allsop) writes:
>Danny, the point is not whether people are on the internet or not.  If you are
>using one mail system in your organisation and another better one comes along,
>you can't change smothly unless you have the same mail file format.
>Also, if you have two networks using different mail systems, they can't mail
>to each other easily unless the same mail file format and naming convention 
>is used.
>
Sorry if I didn't make myself clear.  I'm just saying that where the users and
developers are concerned, they will not see the advantages of adopting the 
Internet format, since they probably have never heard of it.


>There are very good reasons for using the same format even without considering
>the internet.  I just hope people writing the mail software will work towards
>a standard.
>
Granted...but they rarely take these factors into consideration.  Look at the
proliferation of all the different paint program formats.  It took something
like the Amiga and GIF from CIS to show them all how stupid the different
formats are (and how limiting).


>Cheers & Merry Christmas,
>+Mark.

And you!  Happy Chanuka (which ended last night, BTW).

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