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That's not really how email works.
by falsestprophet 17y ago
That's not really how email works.
- thaumaturgy 17y agoYou shouldn't have been downvoted; email is almost the least reliable communication method we have. The only method I can think of, off the top of my head, that's less reliable than email is carrier pigeon.
- blasdel 17y agoWhile in the original design, SMTP email is like writing on a postcard in light pencil and throwing it into the wind, in present reality the infrastructure has solidified quite nicely. What's now novel about it is that it's selectively reliable -- people can just not send or reply as expected, and generally get away with it.