Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu!packer@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu 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 Message-ID: <413@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> Date: 15 Aug 89 06:28:33 GMT References: <10738@smoke.BRL.MIL> Sender: news@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu Lines: 25 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 USMAIL: 318 Knapp Hall, WVU, Morgantown, WV 26506 PHONE: 304 293-3607 INTERNET : packer@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu USENET: {allegra,bellcore,ihpn4!cadre,decvax!idis,psuvax1}!pitt!wvucsa!packer