Re: EDI over http?

[chucks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Chuck Shih)]

Did I miss something, why is HTTP not efficient for high activity large
files?

 
> On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Rik Drummond wrote:
> 
> > This conversation seems to be a good kickoff for our next effort in this wg.
> > We so far have the requirements document and the secure smtp based edi
> document ready to submit to the iesg. Our next effort is real time edi.
> > The issue is -- bob, Carl and Lincoln have  touched on these in the last
> few memos -- 1) we need real time edi not smtp and 2) http is not and efficient
> > means to do this for high activity, large files. What are our options?
>