Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sccsi.com!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Cost of Internet access Message-ID: Date: 9 Nov 90 20:16:54 GMT References: <9011061147.AA20765@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 8 In article <9011061147.AA20765@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> jcurran@SH.CS.NET writes: > Dialup IP services are quite inexpensive, and if set up with care will > give all the advantages of a dedicated circuit only with an occasional > 30 second delay (those times when the line must be brought up.) Um, won't this cause problems with SMTP? What does SMTP do when the destination is only available for brief periods, or should you handle your mail via an MX? -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com