Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!msmith From: msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Long Email Delivery Times? Keywords: bitnet, internet, uucp Message-ID: Date: 6 Jan 89 23:37:19 GMT References: <9351@ihlpb.ATT.COM> Distribution: na Organization: M. R. Smith Consulting, New Brunswick, NJ Lines: 11 The reason that mail into ATT from Internet sites takes so long is that research.att.com - the Internet mail gateway into ATT, is often clogged and overloaded. Mail to ATT can take 24-48 hours on the average to actually get into ATT. Mark -- Mark Smith (alias Smitty) "Be careful when looking into the distance, 61 Tenafly Road that you do not miss what is right under your nose." Tenafly, NJ 07670-2643 {backbone}!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!msmith msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu R.I.P. Individual Freedoms - 11/8/88