* Monique Y. Herman (spam@bounceswoosh.org) [030927 08:15]: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:13:20 -0500, Michael Kahle <michael.kahle@scc-wi.com> penned: > > My message: "Subject: route entries will not stick" was sent on Wed > > 9/24/2003 @ 12:52pm CST it posted to the list on Friday 9/26/2003 @ ~11:00 > > CST. Then my reply, "Subject: RE: route entries will not stick" which I > > sent on Friday 9/24/2003 @ 5:12pm CST did not post to the list until Friday > > 9/26/2003 @ 11:57am CST. > > I'm seeing the same behavior. I actually thought my email address had > been blackholed till I realized the messages were just extremely delayed > ... > > The unfortunate result is that it doesn't seem worth it to respond to > questions, since *someone* will surely respond before my messages get > through. Well that's no good ... if everyone thinks like that, nobody will get any help. If everyone thinks just the opposite, the worst that happens is the each question gets "too much" help. You might also, as a temporary measure (although since the list is now catching up, this probably doesn't apply anymore) include a CC to a poster of a particularly "urgent" question, if you explain that you're doing so only because the list seems particularly ... uh, "inertial," at the moment, and you wanted to get the answer to them quickly, even though the general rule is CCs only when explicitly requested. Of course, you might not want to do that at all, since there are some people for whom sending a duplicate email is a crime worth going "Keyser Soze" on your family. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one." --President Thomas Jefferson
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