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On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 16:42:04 PST, Kent Crispin <kent at songbird.com> said: > SMTP is not a file transport protocol, and it will always be less > efficient at transporting files than a protocol that is designed for > that purpose. Not to say that some new protocol couldn't be designed > that had the desirable addressing features of email, and the efficiency > of FTP. But that would be a new protocol... No, it would be an old protocol. See RFC1440, from July 1993. Is there sufficient interest to create a working group to overhaul RFC1440 into something more usable in today's Internet? -- Valdis Kletnieks Operating Systems Analyst Virginia Tech
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