Majordomo or Email lag?

[Joshua R. Altemoos]

LOL for me it may of been the local mailq it was backed up BAD. So i just
resent them all over a smtp and they JUST showed up so LOL

Later Dayz
Joshua Altemoos

> John Seth wrote, On 10/06/03 10:45 PM:
>
>>was: 'Re: computer "recycling" place here in Buffalo'
>>
>>I dunno what is happening, but alot more recently than has happened
>> before, I'm getting replies to posts hours before I get the original
>> message.  For example, the posts regarding the recycling place.  I got
>> the original messages, then got a reply to the effect of "Thanks!"
>> followed by "that number was disconnected" ... and 2 hours later, I got
>> the actual original reply that contained the telephone number and other
>> info.
>>
>>I'm assuming it's not majordomo, since other members recieve these
>> messages and I'm getting their replies.  I checked my sendmail logs,
>> and that is in fact, the order I'm receiving the emails in. So
>> something is sending the emails at screwy intervals... any clue as to
>> why?
>>
>>
>>
> I asked the same thing about a year or so ago when it was happening to
> me. Darin  checked the 'domo and all was fine.
> Somewhere I may still have that thread.
>
> What it basically boils down to is the path that the messages take
> through the net [the virtual distance, and number of stops they make],
> and server batch times when the mail is sent out.
> I have sent or forwarded messages to myself while simultaneously logged
> on to two different  web mail accounts, and had transit times anywhere
> from 4 sec to 18 min.
> I used to think the NFLUG list was part of the Psychic Friends Network,
> because answers would some times arrive hours before the questions.
>
> --
> The sole purpose of my life is, apparently, to test my sanity.
>
> Scott
> Netscape 7.0 on Win 98 SE