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Message no. 1
From: Kat Freyson <katt@******.NET>
Subject: Problems [or is that features] with the mailing list
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 14:46:18 -0500
Hi,
For some strange reason I sometimes get the reply to a post before I get
the post. I don't mean that the reply is before the original in my in box,
but that sometimes as much as 24 hours go by before I get the original
after having read the reply to it. Case in point, the Regeneration spell
post. I read a post that replied to it, quoting the entire post, adding a
reply to it. Then the next day, I get the original post..


Kat Freyson
Montreal, Canada

The bird doesn't need to get up early and
catch worms when he can order pizza at midnight.

http://www.dsuper.net/~katt
ICQ UIN 3337155
Message no. 2
From: Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Problems [or is that features] with the mailing list
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 18:00:00 -0800
Kat Freyson wrote:
>
> Hi,
> For some strange reason I sometimes get the reply to a post before I get
> the post. I don't mean that the reply is before the original in my in box,
> but that sometimes as much as 24 hours go by before I get the original
> after having read the reply to it. Case in point, the Regeneration spell
> post. I read a post that replied to it, quoting the entire post, adding a
> reply to it. Then the next day, I get the original post..

_I_nternet _P_ropogation _E_rror. Now you know what those IPE grenades
in SSC stand for!

Don't worry, it happens to all of us. Annoying as all heck, especially
when you get responses to your mail before you push send ;)


-M

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Message no. 3
From: Craig Rickel <crickel@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Problems [or is that features] with the mailing list
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 14:57:32 -0600
> Hi,
> For some strange reason I sometimes get the reply to a post before I get
> the post. I don't mean that the reply is before the original in my in box,
> but that sometimes as much as 24 hours go by before I get the original
> after having read the reply to it. Case in point, the Regeneration spell
> post. I read a post that replied to it, quoting the entire post, adding a
> reply to it. Then the next day, I get the original post..

I often don't get the origonal message in the first place. It's incredibly annoying.
Replies to a message show up, quoting portions, and I never get to see the whole of
the origonal. :P

Spider Murphy
Message no. 4
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Problems [or is that features] with the mailing list
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 22:56:09 +0000
And verily, did Kat Freyson hastily scribble thusly...
|
|Hi,
| For some strange reason I sometimes get the reply to a post before I get
|the post. I don't mean that the reply is before the original in my in box,
|but that sometimes as much as 24 hours go by before I get the original
|after having read the reply to it. Case in point, the Regeneration spell
|post. I read a post that replied to it, quoting the entire post, adding a
|reply to it. Then the next day, I get the original post..

This is quite common, and is due to the way the internet transfers data.
I wouldn't worry about it...

--
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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
|Principal Subjects in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
|Comp Sci & Electronics | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
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|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
Message no. 5
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Problems [or is that features] with the mailing list
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 23:00:46 +0000
And verily, did Matb hastily scribble thusly...
|Don't worry, it happens to all of us. Annoying as all heck, especially
|when you get responses to your mail before you push send ;)

Ahhhh. You're suffering from the new TPE.
Temporal Propogation Error...

--
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|u5a77@*****.cs.keele.ac.uk| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
|Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
|Principal Subjects in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
|Comp Sci & Electronics | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |

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