Date   : Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:37:43 +0200
From   : "W.Scholten" <whs@...>
Subject: Re: Mailing list problems

Ian Wolstenholme wrote:

> I've had quite a few problems with the mailing list myself.  I
> sent in the APEX Board message a second time a day after
> the first one didn't appear and I have had trouble recently
> with messages appearing in the wrong order (short ones
> coming in before long ones) and some I have posted taking
> a couple of hours to appear, as well as some replies 
> appearing before the original message turns up.

This is normal behaviour for the internet. There is no guarantee that 
mails are delivered through the same route/servers, so replies can come 
after the originals, mails can take days to get forwarded due to network 
problems etc. This is the reason why top posting and not including the 
relevant parts of original mails is bad.


-- 
Wouter
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