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On 8/26/20 1:57 PM, Ashley Dixon wrote: |
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> On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 05:19:16PM +0000, Caveman Al Toraboran wrote: |
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>> hi. i request comments on this new mail protocol |
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>> which i plan to implement some day if things turn |
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>> out well. here is its zeroth draft: |
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>> https://github.com/al-caveman/hillarymail |
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I like what I see, so far. |
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> Interesting proposal. A few non-technical questions: |
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> Why the name "HillaryMail", and why does the logo contain a picture of Margaret |
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> Thatcher? ;-) |
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> More seriously, do you intend to write a reference implementation, or submit |
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> this as a more formal R.F.C. in the event of it attracting more attention? |
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Nice idea. I suggest the R.P.4 so it can stay up 24/365. |
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> Furthermore, accusing every SMTP/POP/IMAP user to be an "idiot" may not be the |
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> best way of attaining support; I must admit, I have never seen that in an |
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> initial protocol proposal. |
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I'll wear that moniker, as a follower and implementor and testor..... |
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> I'm also slightly confused regarding the "goals" section. By "easy to |
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> install/use", do you mean "easy" for the people implementing the protocol, or |
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> the people making use of said implementations? "Traditional" SMTP mail clients |
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> have always been pretty straight-forward for me, although the difficulty |
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> involved in _implementing_ an M.T.A. is another story. I find this point rather |
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> equivocal. |
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Whatever grant offers, surely I'll at least attempt to implement. email |
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services are getting hammered, from a traditional functional |
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perspective. I do not like what the big corps are doing and just want a |
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standards complint , reasonable secure solution. Is there something |
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better for me to follow than this offering from grant ? |
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From the private emails I have received, over the last month or so, |
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there is quite and interest in running your own (secure?) DNS and email |
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services.... |
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Perhaps there is a solution for the R.P.4 for other linux distros I have |
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not found, yet? If so, I'd still want a gentoo centric solution. |
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hth, |
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James |
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