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Subject: LIFO MTAs (was: Re: Changing the DATE field - NEVER MIND!)
From: Brad Knowles <brad @ his . com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 13:53:26 -0500
To: Dave Crocker <dcrocker @ brandenburg . com>
Cc: "'List-Managers @ GreatCircle . COM'" <List-Managers @ GreatCircle . COM>
In-reply-to: <v03100d30aefc2936177e@[205.214.160.110]>
References: <2.2.32.19970110163808.00374940@pop.ma.ultranet.com>

At 12:16 PM -0500 1/10/1997, Dave Crocker wrote:

>	sigh.  I completely forgot about a real and terrible behavior that
>is common to a number of MTA's, especially sendmail.  Namely, they process
>their queue in lifo order.  Yes, they REVERSE mail.  Hence, any MTAs
>between the originator and the list could well do much damage and affixing
>the date/time that the list receives it will do more damage than help.

	Wah?  Sendmail acting in a LIFO manner?  Could you be a bit more precise?

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