Re: a few short notes

["Eric A. Hall" <ehall@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/1/2004 3:34 PM, Paul Smith wrote:

> My toaster with 8kb ROM and 512 bytes RAM wants to email me to say my
> toast is browning nicely. Not a problem with SMTP, big problem with
> SSL, certificates, XML etc. ;-)

I'm not really sure email would be the appropriate transport for that kind
of application. Email is most useful with time-insensitive applications.
Toast is not usually time-insensitive. :)

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