22 Mar
2001
22 Mar
'01
2:46 p.m.
On Wed, Mar 21, 2001 at 09:56:46PM -0800, Sean Donelan wrote:
The net has a system for relaying messages to thousands of systems in a few seconds. People tweaked NNTP to forward messages almost instantly, across multiple links. NNTP is a tried, and well-known protocol. Multicast and other multi-user messaging systems also exist.
<speculating> As seen in many households across California: You have Mail! <sound of everything in your house losing power...> -- Jeff Haas NextHop Technologies