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From: ulmo@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Brad Allen)
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Subject: Re: Email to CompuServe?
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Date: 11 Feb 89 06:31:08 GMT
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> >>parochial attitudes demanding X.400 mailers, which he doesn't run.  He
> >Pardon? It is parochial to demand the use of the international standard?
> X.400??  The joke European Phone Monopolies are trying to pull on us*?

I'm not sure, but does X.400 include the capability to track billing?
If so, there would be a somewhat obvious reason to run X.400 for commercial
mailers rather than a protocol which cannot handle this.

Also, it >is< rather prudent and all that to suggest an international
standard given that many places don't support the Internet currently,
and really can't believe that something such as the Internet has gone on
for 20 years ... also, security issues (as if X.400 is inherently better??).

However, don't get me wrong:  my first reaction, carried out,
was to mail a tiny flame to the UK person who posted that thing.

Ahh, the wonders of electronic email.
(I want my Tb/s home fiber now!)