Stumbled on another gem today morning (which is how I remembered the Story of Mel).
This is: The mysterious case of emails failing past 500 miles.
https://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles
If you remember reading such interesting folklore, do share.
Not exactly folklore (or maybe it is? ๐ค ), read this some years ago and read it again today โ and LOTS of amazing takeaways.
Worth a read if you havenโt already:
https://gist.github.com/chitchcock/1281611