Re: Anyone have the complete info on CP list alternatives?

[Alan Barrett <apb@iafrica.com>]

On 18 Feb 1997, Bryan Reece wrote:
> Filtering out other gateways' messages will reduce load at
> the possible expense of delay (assuming a smallish network of news
> servers that feed each other the list; obviously the message will
> flood the majordomo net before it floods the real usenet unless
> something is seriously broken).

Why is it obvious that mail propagation will be faster than news
propagation?  News propagation times of small numbers of seconds are not
at all uncommon.

--apb (Alan Barrett)