From: patrick@Verity.COM (Patrick Horgan)
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 95 21:28:47 PDT
To: rsalz@osf.org
Subject: Re: Time Lag
Message-ID: <9510030425.AA00286@cantina.verity.com>
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> 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.

Ah, but when there seems to be an ongoing pattern of delays, and many
people check many messages and find that indeed there is a pattern,
it's not a waste of time, no?

Patrick
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