[Standards-JIG] Re: [jdev] XMPP Ping method?

[Kevin Smith]

On 2 Nov 2006, at 12:49, Mridul wrote:
> For reliable delivery - you could always look at end to end  
> acknowledgment.

I've said before, and I think it needs to be said again: e2e  
acknowledgement provides accountability, not reliability. Reliability  
just means you know that the message will be delivered. Telling the  
remote entity when you receive a message opens huge issues for non- 
subscribed users - either you get presence leaks large enough to  
drain the atlantic, or you lose reliability. I'm completely convinced  
that per-hop is the way to go.

/K

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Kevin Smith
Psi XMPP Client Project Leader (http://psi-im.org)