 | | Re: Massive LDraw file repository —Dan Boger
| | | | (...) I think HTTP is more reliable in unknown environments... From the server side, the HTTP method might be more complex, but keeping the complexity on the server side is better than making complex clients. (...) Right - the clients pushing data (...) (19 years ago, 10-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Massive LDraw file repository —James Reynolds
| | | | | (...) I use HTTP POST to have my work computers talk to databases and it seems very unreliable because if there is a network problem, the request dies then and there. But if I use email, the server will keep retrying. But I agree, HTTP POST is easy (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Massive LDraw file repository —Dan Boger
| | | | | (...) You can, of course, support both. The reason I say SMTP is less reliable on the client side is because you can't know if they even have an mail program, much less what it is or how it works. In an environment you're controlling (like work) (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jan-06, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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