On Sat, 25 Apr 1992 13:56:49 CDT Natalie Maynor <[log in to unmask]> said: >All I know about our bitnet link is that it somehow rides upon our >internet link but that the internet link stays up when the bitnet link >is dead. That probably has to do with human neglect of the bitnet link. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ So you were only pointing out the very surprising fact that, if you happen to work at a site where the BITNET link is neglected and ends up being dead for long periods of time, you are better off using the Internet because using a link that is not down for long periods of time can improve turnaround time a lot. Thank you for this very useful piece of information, and my apologies for having misunderstood it and got the incorrect impression that you were blaming BITNET and/or saying that using Internet rather than BITNET for LISTSERV was the right thing to do. Eric