On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 10:55:22AM +0000, Chris Lear wrote:
> * Chris Lightfoot wrote (03/11/06 09:53):
[...]
> > I suppose
> > I could appeal to the end-to-end principle but apparently
> > nobody believes in that any more.
> >
>
> You're probably right. That principle (if what you mean is the principle
> that it's best to send mail direct rather than via a relay)
more general than that, but yes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_principle
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