[JDEV] Q: oob and direct P2P communications

[David Waite]

Jens Alfke wrote:

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> I'm not convinced file transfers are going to bring servers to their knees. SMTP servers hold up fairly well. And the rest of Jabber is pretty low-bandwidth. Moreover, ICQ and Yahoo manage to support zillions of users while having protocols that send file transfers through the server when necessary.
> <snip>

ICQ most definately does not allow you to send files through their servers. I do not know about Yahoo.

- David Waite