With a flood of yesterday's mail finally breaking through (currently we're
up to 16:00 in the Date:  line), I'm moved to check out with the many experts
in the company whether a recommendation recently given me might in real life
help this problem.   (43 words there)
 
Recommendation:  Tell subscribers to my Listserv'd list to sub under their
Internet addresses if they have any.   (The Listserv in question being INDYCMS,
it does also have its own Internet address.)
 
Reasoning being that forum mail will get where it's going faster, *especially*
when links are down on the Bitnet routes.  Sounds reasonable, if the forum node
has its own Internet identity.  But if not - ?  I think I've seen delayed gate-
wayed mail before.  I've also seen mail go out of the way to a gateway when it
only needed to go one Bitnet hop away.  No Internet alias registered, as you
explained.  But would the percentages favor Internet subscribers?
 
We have been having delays on the Indiana net, and INDYCMS is among the guilty.
Just trying to figure an end run around the frustration.
 
Kathryn Wright
Indiana State University