Re: [ST] what has been going on with the "digest" version

["Mike Benzon" <fast87@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I am sure this is all true what you are saying, but something has
changed dramatically over the last week or so and emails are showing up in a
very odd order.
Mike Benzon
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Blake Sobiloff" <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ST] what has been going on with the "digest" version


> Folks, we're communicating over this thing called "The Internet." It
> doesn't guarantee any particular quality of service. Emails sent to the
> list don't always go directly from you to the list server; they may have
> to go through several intermediate computers, any one of which may be
> puking bits on the floor and generally making computer administrators
> wail and tear their hair out.
>
> Similarly, emails sent from the ST list server to each and every one of
> you are likely to have to go through several intermediate computers
> before they reach you. Again, there are multiple opportunities for these
> computers to selfishly hold on to our precious emails for reasons beyond
> human understanding. (There's rumor that Bill Gates may know, but he
> doesn't seem to be talking.)
>
> Lastly, once the cherished list email finally reaches you, its quite
> likely that your email program sorts your incoming email by the time it
> was sent. Unfortunately, different computers have different ideas of
> what is the correct time. Hence, during rapid email exchanges--always of
> a moderate manner on our list, of course--it is quite possible that
> someone may send an email reply that gets stamped with a time and date
> that is earlier than the original message's. This results in the reply
> showing up in your "Inbox" ahead of the original message.
>
> If the individual messages within any single digest are ordered
> correctly, then rest assured that everything is happy with our list
> server. However, if you are receiving the digests out of order it likely
> indicates that some computer between you and the list server is having a
> hard time. There's nothing you can do about it, short of saying a small
> prayer for the poor system administrator whose pager is going off for
> the third time in the middle of the night.
> --
> Blake "Dawgbert" Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> San Jose, CA (USA)
> "The problem with smoking guns is that you can
> not find them until after they have been fired."
>
>
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