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At 09:43 -0500 9/18/2000, David Aldridge wrote:
>SMTP is not an efficient to move binary files. They are converted into
>ASCII form while enroute and grow several times their original size as a
>result. Of course, they are translated back to their original form by
>the client upon receipt.
Whether or not SMTP is a good medium for file exchange (I personally think
email attachments are evil), the fact is that people are doing it, and
sadly more and more all the time. Witness Eudora 5.0's new Eudora Sharing
Protocol (ESP), which relies on sending files as attachments....
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