-=> Nick Andre wrote to Tommi Koivula <=-
NA> When you send routed Netmail, you are at the mercy of the systems the
NA> message is being routed through. The operators of each system usually
NA> do the best they can to make sure shit works, but ***Sometimes in life
NA> Shit Happens***
NA> There is a nifty high-tech concept called "Crash" which allows you to
NA> send a Netmail without all of this unreliable horse and buggy routing
NA> nonsense.
I can go both ways on crash versus routing. Routing netmail works, for the
most part, and I'm intrigued by the fact that it works at all. Back in the
dial-up days, it was the only viable means to get netmail from here to there
without breaking the bank.
To your point, I set most mail to crash nowadays, since most destinations
are at most one binkp hop away. Crashing mail does take some of the fun out
of it, though.
... Listen in total darkness, very quietly
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