Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:44:43 -0400
From: "Martin W Sachs" <>
Can't we expect that the IP hop count will take care of messages lurking in
the network?
No, because ebMS is built on top of HTTP and SMTP. One MSH could send
a message to another MSH via SMTP, i.e. email. Email transmission can
take a long time, going through various store-and-forward mailers. A
message could lurk for a very long time under various scenarios, such
as a store-and-forward mailer that receives a message and then goes
out of service for a week or a month and then comes back up and
forwards the message.
--
Dan
