[ih] Endliss misconceptions about Email reliability

[Jack Haverty]

Curious...

Every other infrastructure I can think of has accreted a collection of 
laws, treaties, regulations, government agencies, industry groups, 
lobbyists, et al which collectively guide the evolution of a technology 
into becoming a reliable infrastructure for society.   Or at least 
trying to be reliable.  Energy, transportation, postal mail, shipping, 
telephony, radio/TV, medical care, et al are important infrastructures 
for the world.

Why has the Internet (including Email and the Web), which I at least 
think is now a similar crucial world infrastructure, not developed any 
similar governance machinery?

Jack Haverty

On 1/15/24 15:26, Dave Crocker wrote:
> On 1/15/2024 3:22 PM, Jack Haverty via Internet-history wrote:
>> "Is there any organization or authority (ISOC, IETF, FCC, ISO, PTTs, 
>> governments, UN, whatever...) who accepts responsibility for the 
>> viability of email?" 
>
> At Internet scale, No.
>
> Nor for the Web.
>
> Nor for operation of any other application-level service.
>
> d/
>

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