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- From: Philip Stokes <phil@stokes.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: demon.ip.support.amiga,demon.tech.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Subject: Re: Mailling Compu$erve
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- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 96 20:26:35 GMT
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- Colin Thompson (colin@burtonav.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- > I've been experiencing a lot of delay's sending/receiving mail from a couple
- > of mates on Compu$erve, typically 5hrs + between posting/arriving.
-
- 5 hours? I got one that took 4 days last week :(
-
- > Is this common ?
-
- Not really, there was a backlog of mail that built up a few days ago
- owing to a major cable fault caused by the severe weather problems in
- the eastern US, which put a heavy load on the servers.
-
- From Demons motd:
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- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- There may be backlogs for mail servers due to yesterdays US disruptions.
- Finger status@gate for more information
- Last change: 24-Jan 03:50
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-
- > Can I do anything to speed it up ?
-
- No.
-
- Phil
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- Philip Stokes phil@stokes.demon.co.uk
- Hertfordshire
- England
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