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From: SEYMOUR@phast.phys.washington.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: info-vax distribution speed???
Message-ID: <8805232247.AA26573@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 20 May 88 00:44:00 GMT
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i was about to reply to a note from Larry Herzlich about EXSYS Race disk drives.
then i noticed the date of the message: it was sent (by him) 19-apr-88.
it was received here 18-may-99.
ONE MONTH IN TRANSIT??????
his address: @emx.utexas.edu
my address: @uwaphast (bitnet)
just being in the dark that long is one thing, but i am curious as to
who is having to bear the load of holding those messages on their disks
for that length of time.  networks do indeed do wonderous things.
-- dick seymour      seymour@uwaphast.bitnet