RFC224 Comments on Mailbox Protocol

0224 Comments on Mailbox Protocol. A.M. McKenzie. September 1971. (Format: TXT=3583 bytes) (Status: UNKNOWN)

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Network Working Group                           Alex McKenzie
Request for Comments #224                       BBN
NIC #7623                                       14 September 1971
Categories:  D.7
Updates:  none
Obsoletes:  none
Reference:  RFC #215, #221


                  Comments on Mailbox Protocol


     It should be noted that the Terminal IMP will be unable to
directly implement the currently-proposed mailbox protocol for
the following reasons:

     a)  The Terminal IMP is completely incapable of storing
         incoming messages for later printing or display.

     b)  The Terminal IMP is not expected to be able to perform
         as the "server" portion of any connection.

     c)  The Terminal IMP cannot provide programs for the
         processing of a variety of types of input streams.
         It currently supports the TELNET protocol, and is
         expected to support at least one mode of Data
         Transfer Protocol in the future.  It is _not_ likely
         to support the File Transfer Protocol.  Furthermore,
         when using the Data Transfer Protocol it will not
         perform any transformations on the data stream
         (e.g., interpretation of line printer form-control
         "characters," translation from one character set to
         another, etc.).  It will be up to the "other end"
         of the connection to set up and decode messages based
         on the terminal type.

     Although these limitations preclude Terminal IMPs from
participating in the currently-proposed mailbox protocol, this
should not be considered an objection to implementation of the
protocol, provided that Terminal IMP installations will be
guaranteed the right to "rent" mailboxes at some larger Host
site [the NIC is probably a good candidate].  With this capability,
a message destined for a Terminal IMP user would be shipped to the
site of the "rented" mailbox according to protocol and stored
there.  A terminal IMP user could then periodically log in to that






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site (under TELNET protocol) and examine the contents of the
mailbox; since the "examination" would be carried out over a
TELNET connection the Host containing the mailbox would _automatically_
perform the necessary transformation of the data before transmitting
it to the Terminal IMP.

     A technically unattractive alternative to this scheme would
be to _require_ each Terminal IMP site to have a printer dedicated
to the mailbox function.  If the mail were then transferred in
TELNET format, we could probably provide a socket connected to
the dedicated printer for receipt of mail.  Obviously, if this
scheme were chosen, a Terminal IMP could accept mail from only
one sender at a time, and the transmission rate would be limited
to the speed of the printer.  Furthermore, a single central
mailbox printer is likely to provide poor service to Terminal
IMPs with widely scattered terminals (e.g., dial-in terminals
distributed over an area with a 10-mile radius).

     We feel that, in addition to other arguments, it would be
more cost-effective to provide storage for rented mailboxes at
one site than to provide a _special_ mailbox printer at each
Terminal IMP site.




AMcK:jm






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    [ direction of Alex McKenzie.                   12/96   ]












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