31 Mar
2005
31 Mar
'05
1:56 a.m.
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:33:49 -0800, Alexei Roudnev <alex@relcom.net> wrote:
Heard of a little thing called 'spam'?
So what? You can use your car as a weapon; should we prohibit you from car driving?
No, but if your car doesn't have seat belts, we don't let you drive it. Basic SMTP lacks safety features that are needed, ergo, retrictions were placed on it. As was mentioned, my point was just that the question posited was flawed. SMTP isn't restricted for competition and money-making reasons, but because to not restrict it can have quite undesired implications. The question was why was one ok, and the other not. The answer is because of spam. Jamie