Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
Phillip Hallam-Baker writes:
> My point is that mail is an old protocol and people who expect that
> it can be kept going unaltered in its original form serving all the
> purposes that it was never designed for but have emerged over time
> are going to be upset no matter what.
True, as far as it goes. However, there is need for a push protocol
that allows you to receive contacts from authors you don't know yet,
in other words, a medium that is designed to be flexible enough to
accomodate new modes of communication.
It's not obvious to me that this need can be satisfied while at the
same time denying spam. If it is indeed impossible, I don't see why
that purpose can't continue to be served by email, while most mail
(which is correspondence among acquaintances) gets redirected into
authenticated channels.
Just a quick reminder here: Postal mail is still going strong, after
100s of years.
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