[ih] Design choices in SMTP

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Joe (list admin)

> From: Greg Skinner <gregskinner0 at icloud.com <mailto:gregskinner0 at icloud.com>>
> Subject: Re: [ih] Design choices in SMTP
> Date: February 9, 2023 at 9:43:15 PM PST
> To: dcrocker at bbiw.net <mailto:dcrocker at bbiw.net>
> Cc: Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org <mailto:internet-history at elists.isoc.org>>, Dave Crocker <dhc at dcrocker.net <mailto:dhc at dcrocker.net>>
> 
> The earliest implementation of an FTP server I’ve found that supports the MAIL and MLFL commands is from the SAILDART archive, dated 1973-05-06 [1]. It appears to be compatible with RFC385 [2].
> 
> [1] https://www.saildart.org/FTPS[NET,SYS]4 <https://www.saildart.org/FTPS%5BNET,SYS%5D4>
> 
> [2] https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc385
> 
> --gregbo
> gregskinner0 at icloud.com <mailto:gregskinner0 at icloud.com>
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