At 9:22 AM -0500 3/7/03, David F. Skoll wrote:
On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Kee Hinckley wrote:You then describe an incredibly complex scheme whereby I am unable to send anyone email unless I have with me a piece of software which knows where I am, how I am currently able to communicate with everyone, and which address is appropriate to use under the current circumstances.It is not incredibly complex; many people have already implemented bits of it.
That sounds more like support of my claim than a rebuttal. :-)
You didn't address any of my examples.As I stated, it requires *NO* MUA changes. All of the work can be done on the server. It does require that you relay outgoing mail through the same server all of the time; that's why we have STARTTLS and SMTP AUTH.
Address book. Somebody needs to keep track of what email address can send to what email address. This is typically an address book. How does this get implemented without the use of MUA changes? Even assuming that I always use the same computer, I don't see it.> It makes it virtually impossible to even manage > addresses on *paper*, let alone in my head. Your server keeps track of everything.