Time Lag
Rich Salz
rsalz at osf.org
Mon Oct 2 20:14:02 PDT 1995
Internet email is highly dynamic. Hosts can be up/down. Routers can
be up/down. Gateways can be up/down. Routing databases can be out of
date. Cables can be cut. Load averages can affect whether a host accepts
SMTP connections. And so on.
Sending one message and rigorously studying timestamps in the Received
lines and using that to draw conclusions about mail propagation is a
complete waste of time.
/r$
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