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Aucbvax.5775 fa.digest-p utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!digest-people Thu Jan 14 03:57:42 1982 USENET. SMTP. >From CStacy@MIT-AI Thu Jan 14 00:11:52 1982 Date: 14 Jan 82 2:44:03-EST (Thu) From: Michael Muuss <MIKE@BRL> As ArpaNet people start to convert to SMTP (along with TCP/IP), it

I almost hate to say this for fear of starting flaming, but I guess I will say it anyway: I would not consider this protocol conversion to be a reasonable solution to the problem of multiple copies sent to non-XRCP sites, since it is not clear that any sites will in fact be cutting over to TCP/IP. I realize that the DoD has legislated the current protocols into obsolescence, but that doesnt mean that people on the ARPAnet will really be cutting over when they are expected to.

I would encourage sites which have not done so to implement the current protocol for dealing with this problem, XRCP, since no one knows how many years it will really be before anyone is using the new protocols on the ARPAnet.

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