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>>>>> "Franck" == Franck Martin <franck@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Franck> In many situations around the world in developing countries,
Franck> it is totally impossible to send a 10MB e-mail because the
Franck> link will be at least break once in the time it takes to
Franck> send 10MB. As e-mail does not resume...
That's not true.
The MIME spec long ago said that large emails should be broken into
multiple parts. Unix based mailers have done this (sometimes by default)
since their inception.
The problem is that Windows-based systems frequently do not cope with
the multiple packets.
What we do need, however, are better software for exchanging files.
We have a glut of underused protocols.
Things that can run ad-hoc peer-to-peer, and also systems that can be
facilitated by ISPs. At this point, I think that GPG or S/MIME
encryption of a file, posted to a webdav server is probably enough.
Franck> I think as yahoo being a major e-mail provider it would be
Franck> good, that they become more responsible (they are actively
Franck> fighting SPAM) and use ESMTP when sending their e-mails. It
Franck> seems they do use ESMTP to receive e-mails...
Why the developing world would want to keep all their emails at the
far side of a slow pipe is beyond me. Build local mail servers/systems.
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