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Just a quick note that this has been added to the Jira issue tracking system. > This sounds like a bug of the FPL website. I have not experienced > delayed or retransmitted postings but you should alert this forum to > such behavior. I don't think it is intentional to retransmit old > messages. Maybe others had similar experiences and can comment here. > > The aspect of new postings to old topics is interesting as it could be > valuable to scan recent postings on a forum one is not subscribed to. > That is only possible by doing a "Show All" and looking for red font. It > would be nice to have the ability to collapse or expand individual or > all entries and see the entry time as well as the latest update time on > the line of a collapsed item. > > For now, subscribing to forums and following the direct link to a new > comment for an old posting is the only way I am aware of but it is good > enough for me. > > > I did not "retransmit" old messages, they "got" retransmitted - > > softwares are not perfect and > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug states "it is often > > considered impossible to write completely bug-free software of any > > real complexity". > > > > If my final device has not received a posting and if its not visible > > in the discussion forum, then the posting is not visible to me and I > > have no other way of knowing a message has been posted, so the post > > gets ignored though not by choice. > > > > I use two methods of viewing latest activity on the FIXProtocol.org > > discussion forums :- > > > > 1) Receive email subscriptions > > > > 2)Visit http://fixprotocol.org/discuss/ to see latest postings. If a > > forum indicates a new post has been made with "Last updated DD MMM > > CCYY HH:MM XM" with the date time part in Red color, I open that > > forum to see latest activity. The problem here is topics with new > > replies do not "bubble up" like they do in many discussion forums, > > for example http://www.coderanch.com/forums/f-25/Developer-Certification- > > SCJD and other forums at the coderanch site. This was a feature > > request suggested in http://fixprotocol.org/discuss/read/ac424324 > > and http://fixprotocol.org/discuss/read/1eda1833 > > > > From the message contents (not header) I want to be able to do a > > staleness check because [Start quote from > > http://www.ez2ba.com/html/help/guides/viewing-email- > > headers.html ] Many email programs hide much of the header information > > because most of the time you don't need it.[End quote] Posting date & > > time in email body is to help discard old messages. As an example > > below is the "Full Headers" from a Yahoo email that I received from > > Implementation and Optimization working group > > > > [Start "Full headers" from Yahoo email] > > > > FPL Implementation & Optimization Working Group Tuesday, July 21, 2009 > > 2:03 PM From FPL Meeting Tue Jul 21 11:03:08 2009 Return-Path: > > <ical_instance+5344_7...@fixprotocol.org> Authentication-Results: > > mta503.mail.mud.yahoo.com from=fixprotocol.org; domainkeys=neutral > > (no sig) Received: from 198.104.138.17 (EHLO mail.angel.net) > > (198.104.138.17) by mta503.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; Tue, 21 Jul > > 2009 11:03:10 -0700 Received: from > > localhost.localdomain (va4.angel.net > > [216.167.119.55]) by mail.angel.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id > > 604E461404A for <kay_mah...@yahoo.com>; Tue, 21 Jul > > 2009 14:03:08 -0400 (EDT) Content- Type: > > multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1248199388-11181- > > 40" Content-Transfer- Encoding: binary MIME-Version: > > 1.0 From: FPL Meeting > > <ical_instance+5344_7...@fixprotocol.org> Add sender > > to Contacts Subject: FPL Implementation & Optimization > > Working Group To: kay_mah...@yahoo.com Message-Id: > > <20090721180308.604e4614...@mail.angel.net> Date: Tue, > > 21 Jul 2009 > > 14:03:08 -0400 (EDT) Content-Length: 12399 Message contains > > attachments instance_7121.vcs (2KB) > > > > [End "Full headers" from Yahoo email] > > > > Note that there is no Sent time / date only a received date and time. > > > > I am not talking of the date of the original posting in replies, I am > > only recommending including the date and time of current post in the > > email subscription - either a reply or creation of new thread. I agree > > interest is triggered by topic and not by posting date. > > > > I thought adding date and time in email body is an easy task which > > could help many people who are reading email subscriptions. > > > > > This sounds like a very special case where you retransmit email > > > messages to a forwarded location with one month delay. Does this > > > mean that you would ignore postings that your final device has not > > > received within a certain time frame? > > > > > > The normal case would be that the email is sent to you within > > > minutes from being posted. I think that is sufficient. The email- > > > header contains the SendingTime, it is the envelope for the posting. > > > The date of the original posting might be more interesting to see if > > > someone responded to an older post. 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