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- From: Terrance Richard Boyes <tez@pierrot.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Mailling Compu$erve
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- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 19:12:17 GMT
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- Simes Ergle Brown (simes@amdev.demon.co.uk) wrote:
- ^^^^^ uhm
- >
- > Yes. SMTP servers generally only wake up at intervals in order to send
- > mail. The delay is caused by the message being passed from server machine
- > to server machine, and the SMTP server on each machine waiting for its
- > allocated time slot to come round. I think the usual figure is 15 minutes,
- > but it's probably less for ISPs.
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- The punt's try every 5 mins, dunno about demon talking to other providers.
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