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- From: hta@boheme.er.sintef.no (Harald Tveit Alvestrand)
- Subject: Re: Differences bewtween a msg switch and gateway
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.083529.6706@ugle.unit.no>
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- Organization: SINTEF DELAB, Norway
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 08:35:29 GMT
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- Those terms are slippery at best..
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- I REGARD THEM AS MEANING:
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- - A message switch uses at least 1 mail protocol
- - A message gateway uses at least 2 mail protocols
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- Also, I sometimes see "message switch" used in opposition to
- "end-user mailer", in the meaning that
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- - A message switch talks to at least 2 other mail systems
- - An end-user mailer talks to at least 1 other mail system (probably
- a message switch).
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- Still confused? You're not alone!
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- Harald Tveit Alvestrand
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