Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 09:10:00 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: bye!
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On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, John M. Aldrich wrote:

> > I notice that postings seem to be a day or two (or three) later in the
> > newsgroup than in the mailing list. I'll have to see if that's an
> > acceptable tradeoff.
> 
> Depends on whether they are posted first to the mailing list or the
> newsgroup.  Since DJ's server does not have a really fast connection,
> the mirroring process takes a little while.

Don't forget the news propagation delays, which probably are the real 
reason.  Unlike email which travels immediately (provided that the 
addressee machine is on-line), news propagate through the NNTP servers' 
hierarchy, which takes time.  Two days is quite usual, AFAIK.