Mark Delany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Fri, 28 Jan 2000:
> A lot of people say this and I don't see a particular reason why it
> should be the case. Both POP and SMTP do little more than read a file
> and write it to a socket. ftp does little more than read a file and
> write it to a socket. In the case of binary, the file will be encoded,
> big deal.
I don't quite agree. HTML is a good example of why, it's a document
structure defining language overall, yet people have insisted on adding
formatting/display specific features to it. These features don't work
too well, anyone who's working with web design knows the problems. The
fundamental problem here is using a tool for something it was not
designed for. A screwdriver makes for a bad hammer: though it may
work for small nails, for large nails you need something that can't
really be called a screwdriver anymore.
The same reason is why I think in principle email shouldn't be used
for large file transfer, similar problems will (and have) come up.
Using the right tool for each job is still sound advice.
Mikko,
feeling philosophical, and somewhat off-topic apparently
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