‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Saturday, August 22, 2020 12:19 AM, Grant Taylor <gtay...@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
> > i was thinking (and still) if such relay-by-relay delivery increases > > probability of error by a factor of n (n = number of relays in the > > middle). e.g. probability of accidental silent mail loss is if one, > > or more, accidentally said "yes got it!" but actually didn't. i.e.: > > It definitely won't be a factor of n, where n is the number of relays. why? since relays are in series, and since each relay trusts next relay's "yup got it!", then error rate should add up for every extra step. no?
