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[Peter Saint-Andre]

zhangwm wrote:
> In the slides which called <Jabber, E-mail and Beyond>, the writer said that 
> the xmpp arch is Domain-based routing, similar to email (but no multi-hop).
> 
> my question is that why did the writer say 'no multi-hop'. how did email 
> deal with domain-based routing. would you please 
> give me a example? thanks a lot ! 

XMPP server connections are direct, whereas an email message often or
usually many intermediate is routed through multiple email servers on the
way from one domain to another -- just look at the full headers on any email
message you receive.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
Jabber Software Foundation
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