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From: geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: How to get an urgent message to an arbitrary system
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Date: 9 Aug 89 16:43:20 GMT
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In article  schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) writes:
>
>In article <681@east.East.Sun.COM> Geoff Arnold writes:
>| However, a moment's thought
>| reveals that the problem is bigger than just PC-NFS. Surprisingly,
>| there is at present no simple ubiquitous message protocol to fulfil this
>| function. 
>
>| Comments?
>
>Zephyr, free from MIT, solves this one.
>Scott Schwartz		

I'll go back and check this out - my memory is that it was still
a bit more complex that I'd like to see. Anyway, is anyone working to
get an RFC out and push for "recommended" or "required" status
for the protocol?

Geoff Arnold,                              Internet: geoff@East.Sun.COM
PCDS Group, Sun Microsystems Inc.
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