At 08:08 AM 4/2/2002 +0000, D. J. Bernstein wrote: >By the way, in case anyone thinks that my sarcastic ``7 bits forever!'' >is an exaggeration, here's an old quote from Mark Crispin: ``7-bit MTA's >will never go away. Ever. Mail goes on many paths besides IP, some of >which are forever 7-bits. You will always have to solve the problem of the word sarcasm is about tone, not truth. in fact, there is quite a bit of experience that shows just how long established systems and services do stay around. the difference between 20 years and forever is not worth measuring. d/ ---------- Dave Crocker <mailto:dave@tribalwise.com> TribalWise, Inc. <http://www.tribalwise.com> tel +1.408.246.8253; fax +1.408.850.1850