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From: puder@logic.DEC (Karl Puder)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Causality on USENET
Message-ID: <613@decwrl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 25-May-84 13:25:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: decwrl.613
Posted: Fri May 25 13:25:28 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jun-84 05:38:18 EDT
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Some versions of UUCP (the file transfer program that underlies most of
Usenet) are set up to prioritize the file transfers by file size. Thus, a
small reply can get sent before the large base article.

	Karl.

USPS:	Karl Puder, HL02-3/E09, DEC AITG, 77 Reed Road, Hudson, MA, 01749
phone:	(617)568-4979	|  ARPA:	puder%logic.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA
DTN:	225-4979	|  EasyNET:	LOGIC::PUDER
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