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From: packer@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Michael A Packer,318 Knapp,,2928607)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Sending email from CompuServe to the Internet
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Date: 15 Aug 89 06:28:33 GMT
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From article <10738@smoke.BRL.MIL>, by w8sdz@smoke.BRL.MIL (Keith Petersen):
> In article <89Aug13.034413edt.18549@me.utoronto.ca> yap@me.utoronto.ca
> 
> Example:  I just received a message which took two days to reach
> SIMTEL20 from BITNET, apparently because CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (the gateway)
> was down for the whole weekend.
> 
> Many Unix hosts on the Internet will refuse SMTP (mail) connections if
> the load average is too high.  This may delay delivery up to 6 or 8
> hours, depending upon host load and how often the mailer retries.
> 
> Keith
> -- 
> Keith Petersen


	Any idea how long it takes to get a message from Australia?
I sent mail to a node in Australia on thursday (10th) is it save to
assume that it has made it there by now?

Michael Packer
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