SM wrote:
At 06:55 04-02-2009, Dave CROCKER wrote:
Macroeconomic analysis -- especially predictions about the directions
an economic process will develop towards -- is a poorly understood
topic of expertise, even among experts... as we are unfortunately
seeing demonstrated in the global economy.
One of the characteristics of Internet Mail is it doesn't require prior
arrangement between senders and receivers. If email certification is
widespread, it can have an impact on the model.
Adding a small technical correction, since John L's response covers the rest:
"without prior arrangement" is a phrase that is used about most Internet
protocols. It refers to prior arrangement *between the two participants*.
All sorts of other arrangements are common, for using the Internet, such as
getting an IP Address and a domain name.
Nothing about VBR encourages a change in being able to send mail between two
parties without prior arrangement... between those two parties.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
bbiw.net
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