1995-10-03 - Re: Time Lag

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From: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: e98c61a27f7155ae312f7b3b3afc019b36eb98caee45e0dc25332c23ddf8fdbc
Message ID: <9510030313.AA10680@sulphur.osf.org>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-10-03 03:14:02 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 2 Oct 95 20:14:02 PDT

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From: Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 95 20:14:02 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Time Lag
Message-ID: <9510030313.AA10680@sulphur.osf.org>
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Internet email is highly dynamic.  Hosts can be up/down.  Routers can
be up/down.  Gateways can be up/down.  Routing databases can be out of
date.  Cables can be cut.  Load averages can affect whether a host accepts
SMTP connections.  And so on.

Sending one message and rigorously studying timestamps in the Received
lines and using that to draw conclusions about mail propagation is a
complete waste of time.
	/r$





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