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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Slow Server (again)
From:       Martin Konold <konold () alpha ! tat ! physik ! uni-tuebingen ! de>
Date:       2000-04-04 12:19:45
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On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Stephan Kulow wrote:

> Mark Zealey wrote:
> > 
> > On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > > I looked at this headers. It took 3 minutes between the arrival at max
> > > and the arrival at mandrakesoft.
> > OK, can someone explain to me why I get a load of Apr 1st and then a Mar
> > 31 arrive, with the Apr ones before the March one, and then some more Apr
> > ones after it?
> > 
> Because mail isn't synchron? The mail server was down on this very night
> before
> Apr 1st - and it's because of it's speed they arrived mixed at your site
> :)

Yeah and by definition (see RFC) mail is unreliable and an out of order
service ;-)

Regards,
-- martin

// Martin Konold, Stauffenbergstr. 107, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany  //   
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