Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sometimes the packets get all uppity and decide to subvert the shortest-path computations of the Internet backbone routers and switches. They are wily, those packets, and sometimes they figure out how to get a free trip around the planet, sightseeing all the way - always wondered what it looked like in a switch in Shanghai or a multiplexed DS3 trunk in Dulles - well, they sometimes get lost too, and it takes them a long time to find their way back to their home network segments (other packets generally won't help them because they are secretly jealous of the free-wheeling ones, and often the wayward packets are just plain reluctant to ask for directions). This gallivanting and getting lost makes them late, hence the perceived delay in the message. Or, maybe the email server is just slow - bogged down or crashed, that could be it too ;) Cheers! - - marc Photo Phreak wrote: > Can any of the computer gurus on this list explain to >me how a message I posted early yesterday just showed up in >my inbox a few minutes ago ? > > It is a puzzlement to me...... > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html