| From: | John Marchant |
| Date: | 4 Jun 2001 at 22:01:37 |
| Subject: | Re: A mystery |
Hi Alan. In a message on 04-Jun-01 08:58:19, you wrote:
>> Question. Where is the data during that interval? It can't just vanish
>> - it has to be stored somewhere.
>it gets stored on several other machines before it reaches it final
>destination. if one server is very busy with some large attachment email
>then that'll delay it. you may also get redirection where it'll try to
>send it via a different route.
Yup, that's the usual way it happens. Don't forget the orbiting
method - a variation on "park & ride". When all intermediate
servers are busy, email is squirted into orbit as a plasma stream.
After a preset number of orbits, usually between 500 and a thousand
orbits, the packets return via one of several Earth stations. In
the UK the major stations are at Cheltenham, and Goonhilly
(popularly known as "Gooly") at Land's End.
John (Chief Coxswain, Sahara Rowing Club)
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