Re: Stealth Blocking

[Dan Hollis <goemon () anime net>]

On Fri, 25 May 2001, Shawn McMahon wrote:
> I'd completely agree with you for, say, a mailing list; but we're talking
> about person A wants the file, person B has the file.  Why should either
> one of them jump through hoops?  More importantly, why do you give a shit
> how they choose to transfer files to each other?

Because the customer is the one who ends up calling tech support because
their email client exploded while trying to download a 400mb attachment.

SMTP does not mean "bulk binary file transfer protocol".

-Dan