Jon Postel? I'm impressed. Actually, I do remember bringing up Mailman on one of the IETF WG lists (821bis) and being surprised that the reaction wasn't "What the heck are you talking about?" Hmm...
--- Tom Munnecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For what its worth, a little MailMan history: > > I worked with Jon Postel of ISI in Marina Del Ray when I was > designing > the original MailMan 1982-1983. He was one of the designers of SMTP > and the standard for mail names [EMAIL PROTECTED] formats. I > didn't > have Internet access at the time, but I wanted to use the SMTP > standard in the event that VA got connected to IP. I took Jon's > standard, and sent the files as a batch to him for debugging... > > Since I didn't have TCP access at the time, but rather point-to-point > 1200 baud autodial, I created the SCP protocol to simulate the > open/close/read/write TCP protocol. I then built a bootstrap > capability in the SMTP HELO command as an extension that would allow > nodes to declare what protocols they could use. Thus, new protocols > could roll in to the network gracefully, one node at a time, and the > nodes would adapt to the most advanced protocol available. > > Jon taught me a lot about scalability, decentralization and network > design which I factored into the early DHCP design, as well as my > subsequent thinking. > > P.S. I had planned to be able to send messages to patients with the > syntax P.patientname, by the way. > > I have no idea how much of all this survives to this day, but I > amazed > at how persistent that system is. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ===== A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli ==== Greg Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
