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- From: klensin@infoods.mit.edu (John C Klensin)
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- Subject: RE: Mail User agents
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- Date: 16 Aug 92 23:22:49 GMT
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- > This doesn't get around one of the problems I was raising,
- >which is that these "mainframe derived" schemes only allow for the
- >user to read their mail from one physical location, their PC. This is
- >not acceptable in our institution, which is why we've gone cc:Mail and
-
- Absolutely, it does not solve that problem. And, in general, it is a
- bad idea for several other reasons as well. Whether cc:Mail is a right
- solution in an "anyone can log in from nearly anyplace and be able to
- access their mail, etc" environment is really a separate question: there
- seems to be a strong feeling around here that such arrangements should
- require much stronger and safer user authentication than most of these
- micro-based products offer. But that is really a separate issue whose
- answer depends more on your alternatives and your user community than it
- does on the technical issues.
-
- john
-