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])