On Thu, 25 Jan 1996, Ingrid H. Shafer wrote: > Dear Sue, > > I manage several lists half a continent away and while response time > is usually fairly brief (a few seconds to several minutes) messages > (including listserv commands) occasionally take hours and even (gulp!) Was working fine till about 5 this afternoon. > relative ease and speed of communication as a right but begin to > think of it as a gift we may be less likely to become resentful > when things don't behave the way we think they should. The more > people use the net and get involved with listserv lists, the > more breakdowns and bottle necks are going to occur. I agree. I just wanted to know if this is only happenning to my pc and rather or not it was something I had to fix up on my end. Now I feel much better seeing that you have experienced the samething and it is an outside problem, so I can wait till it can be runned. > > Only very rarely will anyone inform you that a problem is > about to occur because those difficulties can frequently not > be anticipated. I agree with that too. In this very high tech world, you don't what troubles tomorrow brings. > > You might try to run TRACEROUTE to see if your message arrives > at the intended destination. Also be sure to download the > Listowners' manual (I can't remember where I got mine, but I Yes, I have the listowner's manual. I'll see if TRACEROUTE works. > Ingrid Shafer ([log in to unmask] & [log in to unmask]) > Co-owner [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] I'm very familiar with the Vatican2. Send me some email if you wish. This will make for some very interesting conversation. Thanks Ingrid! Your a real help. Sue