From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] mail problems..
In-Reply-To: Message from "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
   of "Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:58:37 EDT." <a50e2a7dc8563f893a5f1a5f616e22de@plan9.bell-labs.com>
From: Scott Schwartz <schwartz@bio.cse.psu.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:21:11 -0400
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> Is this too frequent or not frequent enough?  I usually do 15 seconds.

Our computer center won't let you poll the POP server more often than
once every few minutes.

Gripe: why don't ISPs pick some way to notify POP users, instead of
making them poll.  comsat wasn't rocket science, and all the instant
messager programs these days are a plausible alternative.