On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 08:47:17PM -0600, Ben Lutgens wrote: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 10:57:40PM -0600, Scott Lystig Fritchie wrote: > >>>>>> "ds" == Dave Sherohman <esper at sherohman.org> writes: > > > >ds> Pretty decent article, until the very end: "Commercial Sendmail > >ds> products build on top of the sendmail transfer protocol." I > >ds> always thought SMTP stood for something else... > > As soon as I saw this post I considered answering but knew you were on the > list Scott. > > > > > >Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, as defined in RFC 821. > >http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc821.txt. :-) *sigh* I figured one person taking my "I always thought it stood for something else" as a genuine indication of confusion was a simple case of misunderstanding my comment because nonverbal cues are absent in email. But more than one? *sigh* again. (Hint: 'Pretty decent _until the end_'. As in 'this is the one glaring error in the article'.) Don't tell me I'll have to start making a habit of using smileys around here... :p -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+