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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <cljs@PointedEars.de>
Organization: PointedEars Software (PES)
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 21:49:37 +0200
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Patricia Shanahan wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> The question remains why it would be acceptable to send the data over the
>> Internet via e-mail to an SMTP server, but not over the Internet to an
>> HTTP server.
> 
> The difference is that most tablets already have access to an existing
> SMTP server, and any SMTP server, without special configuration, can
> forward e-mail to some mailbox that can be accessed from the workstation
> where that particular data set will be processed.
> 
> On the other hand, organizations using the software are unlikely to have
> an HTTP server set up with the right scripts. Typically, the department
> that might use the software I'm writing will not have the sort of
> control over a server that it takes to install new scripts on it.
> 
> I could install scripts in my personal domain, but I don't think users
> would want their data to go through my domain.

ACK.  Alternative approaches can be suggested if you describe your problem 
in more detail:

<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#beprecise>


PointedEars
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