Please tell me, how to make an SMTP extension? SMTP is a wide spread
and accepted internet protocol. Changing it would be a lot of
(worthless) effort...
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> If you're concerned about network load, look into routing tables
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No, my concern is connection time to my ISP (I am not online all the
time). Here in germany you have to pay for connection time to the
telecom company not for the number of calls. My ISP is in the R50
zone, which makes a lot of money during one month... Want to say: I
have to pay a lot to the telecom company, almost nothing to my ISP!
> and make intelligent guesses when several recipients could share
> one copy of the message the first part of the network route.
> For example I'm sending this message to one address at ibm.net and
> one at Colorado.EDU from abc.se. I suppose two copies of the message
> will be sent across the atlantic, when message would have been enough.
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Sorry, but this is not the task of Souper or VSoup or whatsoever
client. This is the task of the SMTP gateways and perhaps other
routing mechanisms inside the net (yes, one can see the net as a
blackbox).
> Another option is to compress messages before they're transferred.
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Yes, that's right and I am trying to compress all larger outgoing
messages. Also the modem connection to my ISP does compressed data
transfer (V42bis)...
> I don't think removing the Bcc-line completely so you can send only
> one copy of the message outweights the confusion it (probably) creates.
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That's true. I also wish, that the SMTP gateways would know something
about the To:,Cc: and Bcc: fields - but unfortunately they don't.
My idea of transmitting a message containing Bcc: info is the
following:
- check the message if there is a Bcc: header,
- replace the content of the Bcc: header with something like:
Bcc: if you are not contained in the To:/Cc: header then this one is your Bcc
- send the message ONCE (with the modified Bcc:) to the SMTP gateway
to all recipients contained in the original To:,Cc: & Bcc: headers
Not sure, if this complies to any standard - just my idea...
-- Hardy Griech, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 25/1, D-72762 Reutlingen