Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>On Wed, 22 Sep 1993 01:30:54 GMT "John F. Bacon" <[log in to unmask]> said:
>>I think you are telling me that USENET distribution is usually much
>>faster than the BITNET mail reflection.
^^^^^^^^^^
>This is not true. Setting aside countries with poor connectivity, a
>message posted to a LISTSERV mailing list reaches most of its recipients
>in 5 to 20 minutes (and many will get it in less than one minute). On the
>other hand, this is from the time the message reaches the list. If you
>are posting from usenet and going through a slow gateway, the message
>could well take hours to make it to the mailing list.
Nobody has said that messages posted via usenet to a bit.listserv group
are distributed to list subscribers sooner. But they do show up on
usenet almost immediately (depending upon the usenet feeds etc.).
The >> above says "mail reflection" [of usenet postings] not usenet
reflection of mail postings.
-- Natalie ([log in to unmask])