What I'm seeing is not a time zone differential. It may range from 5 or 6 minutes to as much as 30. In any case, I suspect it may be an anomaly in the way the PDML server bounces the messages out to subscribers and obviously has nothing to do with your messages being lost in cyberspace.
;>] -p P. J. Alling wrote: > Timestamps are appended at the local computer. My machines clock is up > to date. If someone is in a time zone further west I would expect that > they would have a earlier time stamp if they replied before their local > time caught up. I'm using Thunderbird which I believe just puts the > local machines date/time into that timestamp without any offset for > GMT. I don't remember if that's the SMPT spec. for how timestamps work > on pop clients, and I'm really too lazy to look it up, but I figure if > Thunderbird does it that way it's probably the standard. It doesn't > surprise me though it can be annoying. I've sent a number of e-mails in > the last few weeks that simply got lost. Not just to the list. The > list e-mails will sometimes come back almost instantaneously, (well > within 7 minutes which is delay I've set in my client between server > checks), sometimes delayed by hours to days. I don't know if it's a > problem with my provider, the list or somewhere else. > > Paul Sorenson wrote: >> Hmmm...don't have any ideas what's causing it, but often your posts >> arrive from the list with a time/date stamp later than posts responding >> to yours. >> >> -p >> >> P. J. Alling wrote: >> >>> You know I've been having trouble with about every type of e-mail lately >>> but the list seems to be the worst. I just got tired of typing test. >>> I'm trying to figure out if it's all related to my provider or the >>> Internet as a whole. After all you don't have to look. >>> >>> John Celio wrote: >>> >>>>> Slow list, I got worried. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Unless you're testing your list reception, I don't understand why you keep >>>> doing this. >>>> >>>> It's just slow. If you don't believe it, go check the archive instead of >>>> emailing everyone. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> John >>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://www.neovenator.com >>>> http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
