tg-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
And POP3 probably existed long before the old BBS', so it's not that things got LESS efficient, it's just that we didn't NEED to bundle bunches of emails together into a single file because of crappy dialup connections and crappy modems and the necessity of keeping transfers to quick bursts with some basic CRC checking to ensure file integrity.
You might want to check your dates there. I was using more efficient email methods almost a *decade* before POP3 existed.
The protocol, while fine for most things, is not efficient. There is no way to batch-up messages for quicker transfer. Even today with our 'super fast' connections if you go on holiday for two weeks (and DON'T check email while away!), then come back and watch your mail client chug through download 4,000 odd messages as it has to LIST, RETR and DELE each bloody one, you'll realise how shoddy POP3 really is. In the 'past' they could have been bundled into a single file, compressed and streamed, a process that would produce far quicker results even today.
Not everything changes for the better. Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http://www.corephp.co.uk "Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window" -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
