On Fri, Jul 5, 2019, 16:05 Grant Taylor via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Here's pot stirrer for a holiday Friday afternoon: > > How many different protocols / methods can we collectively come up with > for how email can be transferred? > > I'm primarily thinking about between servers (MTA-to-MTA). But I'm also > willing to accept servers and clients (MTA-to-MUA). Where you can / > could run at least one server yourself. > > · SMTP(S) > · UUCP (rmail) > · MMDF > · X.400 > · Microsoft Exchange proprietary protocol > · Novell GroupWise proprietary protocol > · Lotus (IBM) Domino proprietary protocol > · FidoNet (FTN) > · BITNET > · Direct file access - group Post Office > · Direct file access - mail spool > I have vague memories of batch email transfer utilities from the BBS world. They were readers and/or transfer agents, but I imagine some had their own transfer protocols and file formats. The only two I can recall at the moment were QWK and Blue Wave. This probably has some tie-in to FIDOnet as well. In Tedium, j >
