The description you're reading is probably an idealized, Platonic concept of how email is supposed to work.
Now I'm wondering what OS the Platonic ideal email server runs on. And how well do email servers work in caves, with all the dampness....
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tommyrot - Oct 25, 2006 5:12:31 am PDT #9322 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2006 5:22:38 am PDT #9323 of 10003
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Now I'm wondering what OS the Platonic ideal email server runs on.
Multics.
And how well do email servers work in caves, with all the dampness....
The thing is, SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. And it really is simple. Yet the things people do to fuck it up and make it much more complicated than it needs to be, oy...
§ ita § - Oct 25, 2006 6:18:34 am PDT #9324 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thank you, Scola. I checked a few email headers, and they all looked point to point, and I doubted myself.
Now I am secure.
Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2006 7:33:57 am PDT #9325 of 10003
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Ginger - Oct 25, 2006 7:53:12 am PDT #9326 of 10003
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Sysadmins reading the bosses mail?
Did anyone ever believe they weren't?
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2006 8:23:53 am PDT #9327 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jon B. - Oct 25, 2006 8:52:13 am PDT #9328 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I think I used that theme for about 30 seconds once, back in the day.
beth b - Oct 25, 2006 8:56:01 am PDT #9329 of 10003
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I used to change other people's desktop themes to hotdog. I assumed that's what it was for.
tommyrot - Oct 25, 2006 9:00:42 am PDT #9330 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think I used that theme for about 30 seconds once, back in the day.
I know I looked at it. I may have used it for 30 seconds (or less), or maybe I selected another theme as fast as I could....
Jon B. - Oct 25, 2006 10:50:41 am PDT #9331 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
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