Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!rochester!ken From: ken@rochester.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: withdrawing E-mail Message-ID: <25011@rochester.ARPA> Date: Thu, 19-Feb-87 19:25:21 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.25011 Posted: Thu Feb 19 19:25:21 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Feb-87 21:46:02 EST References: <3152@osu-eddie.UUCP> Reply-To: ken@rochester.UUCP (SKY) Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY Lines: 13 Unfortunately the problem is that nowadays the lower and upper bound can be close. In the case of the Internet, sometimes the recipient gets the mail within seconds of posting. If you are willing to increase the lower bound, why not just make a program that puts the mail in your private directory and sends it off after N minutes, while you reconsider. Or set dot in Mail, so that it takes . instead of just ^D to post. People should be more careful with email, that's all. Ken