Well, As attachments get larger, and end users use email rather than ftp for file transfer for convenience sake, a UDP implementation, perhaps using UDP as a data streaming channel could become a very useful configuration, and the transfer speed over high latency links (think satellite etc) could improve immensely.
T -----Original Message----- From: owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org [mailto:owner-postfix-us...@postfix.org] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Friday, 30 August 2013 12:15 PM To: postfix-users@postfix.org Subject: Re: newbie check Was [Re: port 25 submission settings sanity check] On 08/30/2013 08:53 AM, Terry Gilsenan wrote: > There are no MTAs that accept submission on UDP, yet, so maybe > reserved for future use? No, it's just the assignment from IANA. In the past when either a TCP or UDP port assignment was requested both were assigned, this does not mean that there is or ever was any intention to use the UDP port for the service: NOTE: URL removed for security purposes - contact terry.gilse...@interoil.com for support. Note that this is no longer the case (as per section 7.2 of the same RFC above). Peter ===[Disclaimer]=== This electronic transmission, including any attachments, is confidential, may contain privileged information and should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you received this message in error, please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately. Any review, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. ===[End]===