Re: [cobalt-users] posting to the list

["Rob Evans" <robe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Probst" <rp@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, 3 May 2000 09:55
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] posting to the list


> Rob,
> Thanks for the reply.  I had posted a questiono on the list Last night at
> about 10pm.  When I got in this morning it still wasn't up there.  I
posted
> the message you responded to at 8:10am this morning.  The 8:10am message
> got posted a few hours later and the one I sent last night finally got
> posted about two hours after that.  Can you think of any reason why my
> first email would be posted after the second one?
> I can't.
> Rick

Rick,
A possible explanation: If one of the servers responsible for relaying your
mail to its destination is inactive when it comes, then the preceding server
will hold on to it and try again later (maybe 1, 2, 4 or more hours later)
until it succeeds. Your 10pm mail item may have been subject to that sort of
delay, while your 8:10am mail might have got straight through, because the
server was active when it arrived.

Regards, Rob E.