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I suppose that SMTP can be considered a reliable transport if you trust all MTAs and MUAs to properly implement the specs. But email more generally is certainly
by dspillett 4y ago
I suppose that SMTP can be considered a reliable transport if you trust all MTAs and MUAs to properly implement the specs. But email more generally is certainly not IMO.
- account42 4y agoNothing is a reliable transport if you can't trust the operators to follow the specs. In practice, E-Mail is quite reliable, even in situations where other systems drop messages. For example, you don't need to worry about dropped messages from any downtime of reasonable length (e.g. for system upgrades) because well-behaved MTAs will retry later - this is the entire basis for greylisting.