> I haven't followed this whole thread, but yes you don't need a > "server" 99.9% of the time when all you being the > "client". That is > pretty much the main advantage to building client/server > applications. > > The only case I can think of where this isn't always true is > outbound E-mail. Most E-mail clients like Outlook need > an outbound > SMTP server to relay their E-mail through. This mostly due to the > dial-up nature/roots of the Internet. Since the "client" wasn't > going to be online 24/7 it needed to drop off the E-mail > on an SMTP > server so that the server could repeatedly try to deliver > the E-mail > message.
Thnaks Frank, it's comforting to know you're not crazy! Well at least relatively speaking ;p -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
