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Message no. 1
From: "Thomas W. Craig" <Craigtw1@***.COM>
Subject: mailers and mail(grumble)
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 11:17:19 -0500
Has anyone noticed some things about mail getting delayed by 2-3 days? I've
gotten messages I sent out 2-3 days ago, TODAY!!!!!! Either it's my mailer,
the list mailer, both, or some connection between the two that is causing
this problem.
Tom Craig
{takes 5,000 megaton Tac. Nuke and aims at his mailer}
{T-minus 10 and counting}
{9}
{8}
{7}
{6}
{5}
{4}
{3}
{2}
{1}
{We have liftoff!}

(30 seconds later)
{BOOM!!!!!!!!!}
Message no. 2
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM>
Subject: Re: mailers and mail(grumble)
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 19:31:01 -0500
On Fri, 9 Dec 1994, Thomas W. Craig wrote:

> Has anyone noticed some things about mail getting delayed by 2-3 days? I've
> gotten messages I sent out 2-3 days ago, TODAY!!!!!! Either it's my mailer,
> the list mailer, both, or some connection between the two that is causing
> this problem.

Though such things have happened to all of us (did you notice the
post of mine, recently, which HEARN didn't receive until something like
three weeks later?), I've heard quite a bit about how AOL's software is
even more screwed up than most proprietary dial-in GUI's, and as such it
doesn't interface well with the 'net.
In other works, AOL sucks, and then you get free Prodigy. My
advice is to get a real 'net provider -- EMail me if you need help
finding one in your area.

-------------========== J.D. Falk <jdfalk@****.com> =========-------------
| "And as we stand on the edge of darkness, |
| Let our chant fill the void." |
| -- Tibetan Book of the Dead |
--------========== http://www.cais.com/jdfalk/home.html ==========--------

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