At 10:39 +0000 97/10/31, Robin Fairbairns wrote: >Please *don't* be surprised if your message doesn't immediately return >to you. ... >Short of moving the list to somewhere not managed by a listserv, >there's nothing we can do about this problem. I don't even know if >the problem is the listserv network between Heidelberg and the routing >centre in Finland, the router in Finland, the network between there >and the Rutherford, or the NT machine at the Rutherford that gateways >to Janet. I know at one stage the Rutherford machine was not man >enough for its job, but it's been upgraded since. I know that someone claimed (four years ago) they had slow ftp lines in and out of Finland, so if that is overloaded at times, the network may get slow. I have no idea if that is what is causing the problem though. Also, sometimes ftp Sweden->UK seems slow, too. I think the Swedish network is fast, though. Hans Aberg * Email: Hans Aberg <mailto:[log in to unmask]> * AMS member listing: <http://www.ams.org/cml/>