Re: T2, Proposed solution for ... Re: SyncReply andReliableMessagingMethod in QualityOfServiceInfo

[Dan Weinreb <dlw@exceloncorp.com>]

   Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:44:43 -0400
   From: "Martin W Sachs" <mwsachs@us.ibm.com>

   Can't we expect that the IP hop count will take care of messages lurking in
   the network?

No, because ebMS is built on top of HTTP and SMTP.  One MSH could send
a message to another MSH via SMTP, i.e. email.  Email transmission can
take a long time, going through various store-and-forward mailers.  A
message could lurk for a very long time under various scenarios, such
as a store-and-forward mailer that receives a message and then goes
out of service for a week or a month and then comes back up and
forwards the message.

-- Dan