Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!redsox!campbell
From: campbell@redsox.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: post office protocol
Message-ID: <578@redsox.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 88 03:43:41 GMT
References: <4889@mailgw.cc.umich.edu>
Reply-To: campbell@redsox.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc.
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At the risk of starting a minor flame war (Go ahead, punk, make my day),
I'm going to suggest that implementing POP would be a waste of time because
the 1988 X.400 series of recommendation contains a protocol to implement
a Message Store, which is exactly what POP provides.  (I don't remember
that actual recommendation number of the Message Store document, since
my references are all at the office.)

Why fiddle with random hacks when recognized international standards exist?
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Larry Campbell                          The Boston Software Works, Inc.
campbell@bsw.com                        120 Fulton Street
wjh12!redsox!campbell                   Boston, MA 02146