Re: Test

[Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>]

On 02/03/2014 07:24, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 02 Mar 2014 at 09:54:01 +0000, Tom Furie wrote:
> 
>> If you look at the headers on your posts (or anyone else's for that
>> matter), you can track the progress from origin to destination. In this
>> instance the messages were received by the Debian mail system almost
>> immediately you sent them, they then came back out (in my case) fifteen
>> minutes later. Other people may have received their copies earlier or
>> later depending on several factors.
>>
>> Email is not a real-time communication system, sometimes there are
>> delays, or even failures, at any step along the route.
> 
> The interesting questions involve what is happening on bendel after a
> mail is accepted. 
> 
> 1. Why is any mail delayed for 15 minutes before onward transmission?
> 
> 2. Why do some users and not others experience this 15 minute delay?
> 
> 

Not sure if it helps, but I have the "delay" because I wasn't subbed to
the mailing list directly (am hitting it via NNTP).  Casually went
through my junk mail, and saw some rejects from debian lists to the
effect of "you're not subbed, so your mail is pending moderator review".