"SMTP has outlived its usefulness" (was: Forwarding services)

Posted Jan 18, 2026 16:02 UTC (Sun) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: "SMTP has outlived its usefulness" (was: Forwarding services) by malmedal
Parent article: A note for MXroute users

> The polls were clear that the actually struggling went for Harris. There just weren't that many of them. Especially since Biden's policies gave the most growth in buying power to the lowest paid...

Are you sure? Of course I don't know America, but a lot of the programs here - *aimed* at changing the tax system to help the lowest paid - (a) forget that the poorest paid don't pay tax, and (b) actually had a much bigger impact for higher rate tax payers.

Your typical younger person over here, if they're on the average salary, is claiming top-up benefits. THAT'S APPALLING. Bear in mind Mr Average earns a lot less than the average salary, so that's potentially about 70% of the population. I didn't include older people (although many of them are in financial difficulty) because a lot of them own their own house outright, so money that the young are spending on rent is for them discretionary income.

And this isn't a party political dig - one of the biggest problems is politicians dancing to the scandal-seeking imagination of incompetent journalists.

Cheers,
Wol

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"SMTP has outlived its usefulness" (was: Forwarding services)

Posted Jan 18, 2026 17:06 UTC (Sun) by malmedal (subscriber, #56172) [Link] (1 responses)

> Of course I don't know America, but a lot of the programs here

The countries are very different. The US has grown. The UK has stagnated(not helped by leaving the EU). Biden in particular got some very good policies through, probably because the republicans realized that they can just *say* they are horrible instead of blocking them. And then they get the benefit of a better economy and can continue to make people believe it is bad.

Hmm. I realize that I sound like a madman giving an objective analysis of US politics. Better not talk about them threatening to invade an island because they want to put a radar there, except they've already had multiple radars and military bases there for approx 70 years.

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Posted Jan 18, 2026 17:11 UTC (Sun) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]

Folks (all of you!), this has gone way off topic for LWN. Please let's end it here.