On Tue, 29 Mar 1994 15:23:43 -0500 David Barr said: >In article <[log in to unmask]>, >>I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you're trying to get at. The total >>delay is on the order of 1-2 seconds on a small VM system, sub-second on >>a "real" mainframe (as compared to having the data directly sent to >>SMTP). > ><1 to 2 second delays for _each_ message constitutes a significant >amount of overhead. A "small" VM system is indeed small. A "small" 9370 is only in the Vax 780-785 range of performance. And even the smallest RS/6000 (the -220) has more CPU power than a 3084. Let's compare appropriate quantities. Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Engineer Virginia Polytechnic Institute