[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 13 January 1999 at 09:45:51 -0600
 > Dax Kelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 13 January 1999 at 00:02:27 -0700
 >  > On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Dax Kelson wrote:
 >  > 
 >  > > If the list has a < 20 second turn around like the qmail list, those
 >  > > things wouldn't happen.
 >  > 
 >  > Actually it is more like 1-2 seconds.
 > 
 > It doesn't feel nearly that fast to me.  I just happen to have the
 > list copy of a message I sent still lying around.  Unless I'm
 > overlooking something important, comparing the sent and received
 > timestamps from my qmail (on the same system, so same clock) should be
 > a reasonable measure of the round-trip time on list messages.  
 > 
 > The headers are attached, but for this one message it was 6 seconds.

And the turnaround on THAT message was 5 seconds.

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