There is an interesting urban legend / story about the 500 mile email that covers this as well: https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html https://www.ibib

There is an interesting urban legend / story about the 500 mile email that covers this as well: https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html excerpt: ' "We're having a problem sending email out of the department." "What's the problem?" I asked. "We can't send mail more than 500 miles," the chairman explained. I choked on my latte. "Come again?"'