What's the big deal about the time when messages are sent and received? Does anyone out there really think that it is supposed to be instantaneous?
There are delays at every server the message has to go through. In the extreme case, when a receiving server is down, the sending server might hold the message for days until it finally can get it through. I'm looking at my list of messages received and I see, for example, several from Joe Reid that all were sent (according to the clock in HIS computer) at 3:50 pm and all of which I received at 4:06 pm (according to the clock in my computer), a 16 minute delay. Another from Joe was sent at 9:41 am and received at 9:51 am, only a ten minute delay. Then there is one (also from Joe) that was sent at 8:42 pm and received at 8:11 am THE NEXT DAY! It was sent on Nov. 30 and received on Dec. 1. Why is everyone getting so upset by this perfectly normal and common occurance? Regards, Bill Hooper +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Do It Easy, Do It Metric! +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
