Incoming from Adam Fabian: > Email and newsgroups aren't intended to be real-time communication > mediums. Sometimes they are, if they're working optimally, but if > not, it wasn't the intention of the protocol anyway.
Besides, what happens when some box between you and the destination only runs its mail queue once an hour? Count the MTA's: me --> my MTA --> ISP's MTA --> employer's MTA --> boss In the old days, we counted our blessings and were amazed it worked at all. If you want immediacy, use a telephone. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Please don't Cc: me. - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
