[ebxml-msg] Re: AW: [ebxml-dev] ebXML Message Polling Mechanism

[Christopher Ferris <chris.ferris@sun.com>]

Bernd,

Quite right. The XML Protocol WG undertook a similar
renaming of that group's email binging (which had
previously been labeled SMTP binding).

Ian,

I would think that this should be tracked as an issue
and addressed, possibly before the submission.

Cheers,

Chris

Eckenfels. Bernd wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> David wrote:
> 
>>SMTP will be slower and will not support larger files.
>>
> 
> Actually I noted on the former TR&P Group, that the Protocol Binding for
> SMTP is incorrect. It would be better to define a Protocol Handling for
> "Mail", cause normally you will use Mail in Poll Environments (IMAP or
> POP3 to an Mailbox).
> 
> SMTP is neighter slower nor has it file size limitations (compared to
> async HTTP) as long as you have direct connections. Only if you use
> multiple MTA chains you may find yourself limited in message size or
> speed. Of course, this is the usual way. You will want to use SMTP if
> you cant offer a statically assigned IP address or 24-on operation.
> 
> I have actually a draft for HTTP Polling in order to support Large
> Communities with Dialup Clients. If anyone is interested? This describes
> the shortcoming of a Push based System in a Mailbox/Van/Hub environemnt
> and also discuss the additional security and infrastructure requirements
> for Push technology which could be avoided by Pull operation.
> 
> Greetings
> SEEBURGER AG
> Bernd Eckenfels
>