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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:45:12 -0400
From: geoff@plan9.bell-labs.com
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Subject: [9fans] rsmtp patent issued
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Since there are rsmtp fans on this list, I thought it worth
mentioning that the patent will be issued next week.
This is for a protocol that I invented in 1997 or 1998 and that
I would nowadays modify to include strong anti-spam measures.
The US patent office moves so fast that I was able to leave
Bell Labs for five years between the patent application and the
issuance.

>>From our lawyers:
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Congratulations!  The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has
just informed us that the patent for your invention, "Really Simple Mail
Transport Protocol", will issue on 09/05/2006, as U.S. Patent Number
7103635
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This should at last clarify the legal status of what I can say about rsmtp.