Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 21:18:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: John C Klensin <KLENSIN@INFOODS.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: URLs for non-Internet networks?
In-Reply-To: <9307302004.AA10977@ nxoc01.cern.ch >
To: timbl@NXOC01.CERN.CH
Message-Id: <744081532.228848.KLENSIN@INFOODS.UNU.EDU>
>problem) and basically everyone with mail server will think
>they have done their job of putting things on line
>when in fact they could do much better;
Tim,
With the exception of the BITNET/EARN and UUCP contexts (where there is
no choice), everyone I know of who is running a mail-based server for
files thinks that they are doing it to make things feasible for the
severely network-challenged. They tend to have FTP servers and other
mechanisms in place by the time the mail-based engine goes in, usually
earlier. If that experience is indicative, "much better" gets done
first or concurrently.
john