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From: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>
To: Andrew Sullivan <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: what is up with the PG mailing lists?
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:35:47 +0100
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Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 04:30:13PM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> getting. Sure, SMTP should have latency. But a modern SMTP system
>> shouldn't take hours to deliver an email.
> 
> This isn't automatically true, and is explicitly contradicted by the
> relevant RFCs.  I think it shouldn't be the _habit_ on such systems,
> but AFAICT it isn't.  

AFAICT, it is.
And remember that we're talking about delivery *between two internal
relay machines*. Not delivery to the end user.

//Magnus

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