Re: A86: Screwed Up Mails
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Re: A86: Screwed Up Mails
Wow, I've wondered this for over a year, way back when I was on aol.
Couldn't this problem be solved by setting the time/date stamp to the
received time of the post, not the actual sent time?
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Sunday, October 11, 1998 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: A86: Screwed Up Mails
>
>Here is Magnus' response to this:
>
>In general, this happens if his mailserver times out (or gives some other
>recoverable error) when it tries to deliver the first mail. That mail is
>then dumped to the back of the queue, and then the other mail(s) may be
>delivered beforehand.
>
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>Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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>On Sat, 10 Oct 1998, UnEven Software wrote:
>
>>
>> Bryan this is directed more towards you since you have basically all the
>> control over the ticalc servers but anyone's opinoin is welcome.
>>
>> Ok recently I've received a TON of emails that are out of order. Like
>> Guy A will post something. Guy B will reply. Then Guy C will reply to
>> Guy B's reply. Logically they;d look like this in my IN Box:
>>
>> Guy A's post
>> Guy B's post
>> Guy C's post
>>
>> However I receive them like this:
>>
>> Guy A's post
>> Guy C's post
>> Guy B's post
>>
>> And sometimes its not even that good. Like I'll get:
>>
>> Guy C
>> Guy A
>> Guy B
>>
>> Or maybe:
>>
>> Guy B
>> Guy D
>> Guy A
>> Guy C
>>
>> (BTW the letter is like who replied in chronological order).
>>
>> I was just wondering if maybe the lists.ticalc.org server was screwed
>> up. Or maybe the emails got bounced through different servers and
>> didn't make it here in order. If you can think of a logical explanation
>> I'd like one so I can decided whether or not to write a dirty letter and
>> switch email services or just try and bear with it. Cuz sometimes I'll
>> receive them with like 4 or 5 emails between them and they're not in
>> order at all.
>>
>> Sorry for the length,
>>
>> Matt
>>
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