At 04:22 3/03/99 -0000, D. J. Bernstein wrote:
>Glenn writes:
>> What's needed for Windows is a simple, but configurable program that
>> runs on the user's machine and listens to localhost:25.
>
>Right. MUAs can use 127.0.0.1:25 (and 127.0.0.1:110) by default. An ISP
>can supply its favorite proxy program, including configuration, directly
>to the users.
Doesn't scale particularly well for the plethora of people that use multiple
ISPs or roam. Unless the supplied program is in fact common, then why not
have this common code in the UA in the first place?
I've always had a soft spot for a "special" domain, call it .local
smtp.local, news.local, pop3.local, www.local, whatever, where the current
name server supplies local addresses for .local queries.
Given that PPP, eg, provides the ability to exchange name server addresses,
it provides a fully boot-strappable environment.
Regards.
