B. Bogart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 10 August 1999 at 21:49:22 -0700
> I have to put my two cents in here. Everyone seems impressed that InterNIC uses
> qmail. It has been mentioned repeatedly that their mail is important and cannot
> afford to be late. In my experience mail from InterNIC is always late or never
> arrives. Yes, it seems that they should have a reliable mail server. Perhaps
> they do, but their mail does not seem to get out on time or at all for some
> reason. I think showing that qmail is used by InterNIC is more of a turn off
> than a positive finding.
>
> Of course, this is based on my own experience. I can only assume that others
> have had similar experiences. Although it is possible that I am the only one
> who has these problems, it does not seem likely.
I've been doing a *lot* of transactions with the InterNIC lately,
having sold my primary domain and set up four new ones in the last
month. I'm still trying to get all the NS records straight before the
actual cutover, so I've made 5 changes just today. I guess this may
NOT be a lot for somebody from a big ISP or web hosting outfit, but
it's a lot for me. And I get the email from them quite promptly, and
have *never* noticed one missing.
Which is no more valid a data point than any other single observation,
but since Ben is explicitly assuming that other people's experience is
the same as his (which we all do, and is the right assumption in the
absence of contrary evidence), I thought I'd enter my contrary data
point into the stream of discourse.
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