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Subject: Re: pop-before-smtp (was Re: FreeInet and checking mail?)
From: Greg Hudson (ghudsonMIT.EDU)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2000 - 18:23:02 CDT

> Anyone who keeps the connection open all the time is wasting major
> resources on the server, the access system (now they have to have a
> modem for every user), and on the transport network itself.

Pardon me while I zero in on just one issue: what "major resource"
burden does an open, idle TCP connection place on the transport
network?