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Re: Massive LDraw file repository
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:27:46 GMT
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 05:15:54PM +0000, James Reynolds wrote:
> > 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.
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> 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.
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> But I agree, HTTP POST is easy if you use curl or wget.
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> However, why not support both?
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) it's easy to trust that
sendmail is there, and it will queue up the email, and it will be
delivered. But that's not true in the generic case.
As for network problems - well, you are testing the RC of the post,
right? :)
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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