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Re: Demonites are back on song - HURRAH!!

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From: Stephen Way
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 00:00
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In article: <9702030000.2l9d@pierrot.co.uk>  Terrance Richard Boyes 
<tez@pierrot.co.uk> writes:
> 
> Dan Glover (dan@dangl.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> > In message <32f0fe0b.262367773@news.prestel.co.uk>, Stephen Milner 
<dustbin@elrick.prestel.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > >Prestel's (who use theplanet) newserver lets me click on post and 
> > >when I immediately download messages I get the one's I've just 
> > >posted back.
> > 
> > What is it with this "I want to get my messages back" thing anyway? 
> 
> It's a reasonable measure of speed, a lot of other news services have 
> a turnaround that can be measured in minutes not hours.
>  
> > current arrangements here mean I get my postings to appear back in 
> > the group *before* they even get sent to Demon.
> 
> And hence you can't be sure that all of them are getting anywhere 
> apart from your machine...

You mean you all exist outside my PC?

Steve
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From: Stephen Way <Steveway@ways.x.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Demonites are back on song - HURRAH!!
Date: 1997/02/03
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