On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 08:40:05AM -0700, Tad Glines wrote:
> Also, Google makes their e-mail service available via POP and IMAP so
> that people can use thick clients and do data transfer and archiving.
> So, why not make wave available via XMPP.

The existing XMPP based protocol may not be the best way of doing this, for
much the same reason SMTP is not a good way of having email clients (MUA)
receive email.

Essientially if you did so the client would become a server, and have to be
reachable 24 hours a day.

Instead we have one protocol for server to server communication (SMTP), and
another for client to server communication (POP or IMAP). The distinction is
blurred slightly when you consider SMTP is used for sending email, not
POP/IMAP.

At least that is my vague understanding of the wave protocols.
-- 
Brian May <[email protected]>

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