Received: from localhost by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id OAA11966; Wed, 31 May 1995 14:45:09 -0400 X-Resent-To: drums@CS.UTK.EDU ; Wed, 31 May 1995 14:45:05 EDT Errors-to: owner-drums@CS.UTK.EDU Received: from Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id OAA11939; Wed, 31 May 1995 14:44:59 -0400 Received: from UW-Gateway.Panda.COM by Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (NX5.67e/UW-NDC Revision: 2.27.MRC ) id AA06041; Wed, 31 May 95 11:44:48 -0700 Received: from localhost by Ikkoku-Kan.Panda.COM (NX5.67e/UW-NDC/Panda Revision: 2.27.MRC ) id AA16997; Wed, 31 May 95 11:44:40 -0700 Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 11:39:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Crispin Sender: Mark Crispin Subject: re: RFC 821 problem list To: John Gardiner Myers Cc: drums@CS.UTK.EDU In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII On Wed, 31 May 1995 12:42:13 -0400 (EDT), John Gardiner Myers wrote: > The "send", "saml", "soml", and "turn" commands are obsolete. Agreed on all of John's points except for this one. Agreed with this restatement: > The "turn" command is obsolete. Perhaps some notation should be made that POP3 and possibly also IMAP4 provide a similar functionality with authentication on a per-user basis? > The "send", "saml", and "soml" commands are not widely implemented. These commands are used by a small and very dedicated community. No problem in keeping 'em optional, but big problem in declaring 'em dead.