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But I emailed it yesterday :-)
From: Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 1995 06:36:00 +0900
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 14:02:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Gary Delp <gdelp () VNET IBM COM> UNRELIABLE E-MAIL Forbes magazine recently conducted an experiment, sending 240 test messages over the Internet to determine how reliable the system really is. The results were less than encouraging: 9% properly addressed messages failed to reach their destination, and many others took an unacceptably long time (up to two days) to get there. "Although the Internet is growing exponentially, the number of people able to run it properly is growing only linearly," explains Tony Rutkowski, executive director of the Internet Society. Forbes' final thought? "If it absolutely, positively has to get there, send it by overnight mail." (Forbes 6/5/95 p.162)
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