Don't blame the listserv folks, I'm afraid its the email protocol. Emails are inherently low priority and as such their delivery cannot be guaranteed. If you are on Xtra, then it justs makes it worse that's all!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:26 AM > I have two email accounts with different ISPs. One with Snap (the list > group one, POP3) and the other with Net24 (POP3) however to make things more > confusing we use xtra from SMTP for both accounts, I think I receive the > list group emails fast but my emails take ages to arrive. I think the > problem with emails has got worse in the last few years and suspect a > combination of Xtra (poor quality) and junk mail is making things worse. > > > Rob Martin > Software Engineer > > phone 03 377 0495 > fax 03 377 0496 > web www.chreos.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Sugrue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:06 AM > Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] Random mail message order > > > > It would be interesting to find out what ISP people who have randomness > use. > > > > I get the randomness and am on Xtra. I suspect that may be some of the > > problem. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Robert martin > > Sent: Thursday, 22 April 2004 8:59 a.m. > > To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List > > Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Random mail message order > > > > Its not just you. I see many replies to emails before the question. > Makes > > it really hard to be a helpful member of the list. > > > > > > Rob Martin > > Software Engineer > > > > phone 03 377 0495 > > fax 03 377 0496 > > web www.chreos.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Like Magic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'OffTopic DUG'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 8:45 AM > > Subject: [DUG-Offtopic] Random mail message order > > > > > > > Hi, > > > Is it my machine or a mail server somewhere causing the mail from the > list > > > to arrive in a completely random order. Some messages can be up to 12 > > hours > > > late, I see answers before the question. It makes the list very hard to > > > follow. > > > > > > Maurice > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Offtopic mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Offtopic mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Offtopic mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
