Here are my "givens": * Average users cannot, and will not, tolerate FTP * HTTP and FTP are more efficient than SMTP * New protocols (IM2000) might be nice, but we need interoperability * Attachments are usually MIME, with a few uuencoded ones now and then. Methinks that it's proxy time. Why not hack the popular MTAs so that they take attachments, spool them in a Web-accessible directory, then modify the message. Just like e-cards... ATTACHMENTS: 1. http://some.domain.tld/path/to/sample/file.jpg 2. http://another.place.tld/second-attachment.doc Go to the link, receive a warning that they must save the file after download, that it will be deleted after successful download. Or delete it after a few days. Or maybe users could manage their Web spool, deleting messages as they please. There are some details to work out, but is the "FTP upload" not a task that we could automatically perform for users? Eddy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. EverQuick Internet Division Phone: (316) 794-8922 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.