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Subject: Re: MTA's (was: VERY large mailing lists.)
From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk @ QueerNet . ORG>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 11:05:01 -0700 (PDT)
To: Dave Barr <barr @ cis . ohio-state . edu>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199807141633.MAA20347@cis.ohio-state.edu>

On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, Dave Barr wrote:
> Why should mail to a mailing list, which you say is okay to be delayed
> an extra hour or so, back up normal mail which is time critical?
> This isn't supposed to be a problem with sendmail, but it is.

Where?  Why?  How?  It was a problem with smail and connection-locking...
but why with sendmail?

> The fact is that the public expects personal mail to be delivered in minutes,
> not hours.  They should!

Why?  Just because a plane can get coast-to-coast faster doesn't mean I
expect six snail-mail deliveries a day for the same price.
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