[MlMt] Ghost messages in Drafts folder

[Glenn Parker]

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
glenn.parker at comcast.net
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