08-26-2008, 10:56 AM
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 Re: Phase V: it's not just the UI, U know.
In article , Rich Alderson writes:
>"Richard B. Gilbert" writes:
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>> Somehow, I can't get excited about a product that solves problems I
>> didn't have when it was introduced, and which, ten or so years later, I
>> still don't have. SMTP and POP may be "obsolete" but they have been
>> delivering mail for the last 25 years or so and may be good for another
>> ten or twenty years. DECnet Phase IV may be obsolete but it does the
>> job I need done!
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>SMTP is a bit over 25 years old, POP just over 20.
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>Just keeping things straight.
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SMTP - RFC 821 August 1982 see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc918
Though this grew out of earlier mail protocols developed during the 1970s
and 1980's eg
Mailbox protocol - RFC 196 - July 1971
FTP mail - RFC 458 - Feb 1973
Mail protocol - RFC 524 - June 1973
Mail Transfer Protocol - RFC 780 - May 1981
POP - RFC 918 October 1984 see http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc918
Just keeping things straight.
David Webb
Security team leader
CCSS
Middlesex University
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