Xref: utzoo comp.misc:11434 comp.org.eff.talk:1455 alt.censorship:1234 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!mintaka!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.censorship Subject: Re: Prodigy Special Offer hits my mailbox... Message-ID: <1991Feb12.054344.989@alphalpha.com> Date: 12 Feb 91 05:43:44 GMT References: <1991Feb6.141621.9765@javelin.es.com> <1991Feb11.061828.20234@looking.on.ca> Organization: asi Lines: 18 In article burley@geech.ai.mit.edu (Craig Burley) writes: >3) $.25 per Prodigy email message is absurd. Each message is limited It isn't quite so absurd if you know how Prodigy is implemented. My understanding is that it is replicated database with a tree structured hierarchy for passing on the changes. In other words, if I send you a mail message in California, that mail message also gets duplicated at every other site in the country (since you can dial in anywhere). That makes the mail traffic costs *horrendous* for mailing lists. A bad design decision perhaps, but one they have to pay for nonetheless. -- Alfalfa Software, Inc. | Poste: The EMail for Unix nazgul@alfalfa.com | Send Anything... Anywhere 617/646-7703 (voice/fax) | info@alfalfa.com I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.