Also, is it your claim that if it frequently took two weeks for Gmail to deliver some emails, then that would be OK because Gmail is free? After all, even if it

Also, is it your claim that if it frequently took two weeks for Gmail to deliver some emails, then that would be OK because Gmail is free? After all, even if it took two weeks, you could still send E-mails, receive E-mails, and forward E-mails. For many purposes, two hours might as well be two weeks or two years. Barring network outages and the like, people expect email to be delivered within two minutes, not two years, two weeks, or two hours.