On 28 August 2020 21:27:52 CEST, antlists <antli...@youngman.org.uk> wrote: >On 26/08/2020 21:21, Grant Taylor wrote: >>> so basically total expected number of protocols/layers used in the >>> universe, per second, will be much less if we, on planet earth, use >a >>> mail system that uses HTTP* instead of RESXCH_*. >> >> I obviously disagree. > >Exactly. You now need a protocol/layer that says you're running "mail >over http" as opposed to "web". HTTP is tcp/80 that *means* web. As >soon >as you start using it for something (anything) else you've just added >another protocol/layer. > >I get the distinct impression that Grant doesn't actually understand >what TCP is ... (hint - it has port numbers that are meant (if they're >not abused) to indicate what is going over the connection, like SMTP, >or >HTTP, or POP, or IMAP, etc etc). > >Cheers, >Wol
I think you meant that Caveman doesn't understand what TCP (and UDP) actually is. Grant does seem to know what he is talking about. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
