[Gllug] MP crap shock

[Martin A. Brooks]

On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 12:07, itsbruce at uklinux.net wrote:
> powerful.  E-mail, in contrast, is a very simple technology that was
> designed to do no more than deliver messages with a measure of
> reliability.

Actually there's no implicit delivery guarantee with e-mail.  It's
rather like the Royal Mail in that respect :)

You do stand a pretty good chance of being told if an email couldn't be
delivered, though, so it's rather unlike Royal Mail in that respect.

Regards

-- 
Martin A. Brooks, Clues Ltd
http://www.clues.ltd.uk/


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