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From: ed.leslie@canremote.uucp (ED LESLIE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Talking to myself
Message-ID: <90030820223524@masnet.uucp>
Date: 20 Feb 90 06:16:00 GMT
Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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dp>From: darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
dp>Orga: D'Arcy Cain Consulting, West Hill, Ontario
dp>In article <90021721414015@masnet.uucp> ed.leslie@canremote.uucp (ED
dp>LESLIE) writes: >TO: ed.leslie@canremote.uucp
dp>This is a quick test to see if I can talk to myself through the
dp>usenet >gateway. I will be curious to see how long it takes to
dp>'arrive'. >
dp>Regards....Ed Leslie
dp>Are we having fun yet?  Isn't there someone at Canada Remote that can
dp>explain the difference between news and mail?  The entire world
dp>really isn't interested in watching CRSers talk to themselves.  It's
dp>bad enough watching them talk to each other all the time.

Well, (flames off, unlike some of us)...
I guess I should have tried to send it private. Is that possible via
Usenet?

I like to know if my replies are reaching anyone. How to tell?
Send a message to yourself, like you have sent messages to others, and
see if it arrives like you would expect it to. Any other reliable way??
Not that I know of!!

How do YOU check out the time constant of a network? I sent a message to
myself to see how long it takes to arrive.

Fundamentally, I agree with your comments about watching CRSers talking
to each other, let alone themselves, and prefer the more technical
questions, as well as responses -- however, why bother supplying the same
if your messages are not getting through -- which is why I sent the
message in question. As a matter of interest, it has NOT returned to me
-- implying that messages sent to others using the same premise for format
would also be unsuccessful. This was my reason for testing!

I do not relish thinking about, or keying in answers to netters questions
if those answers will just disappear somewhere on the wires.

As you may have noticed, D'Arcey, I have left this message addressed to
ALL, since I am no longer confident, AS THE RESULT OF TESTING, that
sending to USENET GATEWAY with the first line containing:
TO: darcy@druid.uucp
works. I would appreciate if you could enlighten me with the correct
method for posting replies such that they will reach the correct
e-mail destination without wasting network bandwidth for universal
questions/replies

Regards....Ed Leslie
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