[ih] Design choices in SMTP

[Johan Helsingius]

On 07/02/2023 18:39, Dave Crocker via Internet-history wrote:

> Looking for a cheap way to do better, I modified his code to allow 2 
> outstanding packets rather than one.  The result was that the modem 
> transmit light was pinned on, with no loss of reliability or functionality.

I experiences something similar - I implemented an outstanding
packet window in the archaic but popular Kermit protocol used
over serial lines, and boy did it improve performance.

	Julf