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From:Alan Buxey
Date:4 Jun 2001 at 09:58:19
Subject:Re: A mystery

hi,

> If you post a mail to a list, sometimes it comes back to you instantly
> and at other times there is a delay of several minutes or even hours.
>
> 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.

so long as it doesnt go through an Echelon server you're okay ;-)

alan

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