posting speed

[Tony Alfrey]

Collins Richey wrote:
> On 9/12/06, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> What controls the time elapsed between when I post a message or a reply
>> to a message and when it actually appears?
>> Thanks.
>>
> 
> Many of you run your own mail servers, so this may not apply. I've
> found that gmail sends out my mail almost instantaneously, but my wife
> still uses her account at Comcast for mail, and Comcast can take up to
> 20-30 minutes to send out mail.
> 

While I use Comcast to get internet access, I use the earthlink server 
for mail, which seems to be fast about 90% of the time.  I think the 
other guys on the list figured out that mail is sitting in the linux-sxs 
server for awhile.

-- 
Tony Alfrey
tonyalfrey at earthlink.net
"I'd Rather Be Sailing"