On 13 Mar 2023, at 5:02, Karl Erik Jessen wrote:
it is not a feature I would expect in a mail-CLIENT. In my mind it only makes sense in a mail-SERVERs
The logic doesn’t work that way, though, because once an SMTP server receives a message, it’s on its way.
The only way to have precise delayed transmission is for an email client to hold off on submitting it. Naturally, there may be other delays in the pipeline once a message is submitted, but those are simply out of our control.
In the same vein, you wouldn’t give a piece of snail mail to the Post Office and then ask them to sit on it for a day before processing it. They would probably just hand your envelope back to you and suggest that you come back tomorrow.
Philosophically speaking, dividing the email world into “clients and servers” is a subtle logical trap. In practice, it’s all just a just bunch of agents making connections and exchanging information using established protocols.
Glenn P. Parker [email protected]
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