[AJD] Delayed posts

[Ronald L. Cook]

I just received it at almost 5 PM Central time.  Interesting, isn't it? 
  I'm not complaining.  I did receive it and at least this isn't a Yahoo 
list.  They are a whole nuther bunch of problems.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

Christopher Lynn wrote:

> What Guy wrote pretty much summed up the problem I believe.  Over my 
> last 11 years of Internet use, email in general has gotten slower due to 
> the increase in filtering, and to a degree, the increase in traffic.  It 
> is not just an ATIS issue, but one that is created with the ISP's as 
> well.  Combine the ATIS filtering with the incoming or outgoing 
> filtering systems of each ATIS subscriber (of which most are likely 
> different), and there is going to be a definite lag time. Sending email 
> via an intranet is no longer instantaneous either.
> 
> Back in 1995, my messages would sometimes come right back to me after I 
> sent them to the main ATIS list.  Other times, responses would come back 
> before I got my initial post.  This is the first message I sent to this 
> list in a long time, so I'll see how long it takes to show up.
> 
> Just my $.02
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> Guy Fay wrote:
> 
>> I think it's the general Internet problem of mail getting slower, not 
>> just these lists. I do see slower return times on the main ATIS lists 
>> than the specific by makes. I also notice that the spam filter I get 
>> through my provider seems to have an effect as well- when it lets more 
>> spam through, it's faster, but the more it catches, it slows up the 
>> rest of the mail.
>> Guy Fay
>>
>> Dee Schuyler wrote:
>>
>>> Well I spoke offline with Dean this morning and he had pretty much 
>>> the same thing to add.
>>> I guess I will continue to read the mail for a while but I am about 
>>> burned out on posting.
>>> Guess I will see what else is active?
>>> Thanks for your reply  Duane
>>> Dee
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duane Larson" <jdlarson at comcast.net>
>>> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
>>> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 6:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [AJD] Delayed posts
>>>
>>>> Dee,
>>>> I have also raised this issue (perhaps too many times) but nothing 
>>>> has been
>>>> done.  Exactly for your reasons I watch but don't participate much 
>>>> anymore
>>>> on this list.  Too frustrating.  Spencer (or someone) posted some 
>>>> transfer
>>>> times recently but they sure don't seem to apply to most things I 
>>>> respond
>>>> to.  If I knew that the problem was on my end I could do something 
>>>> about it,
>>>> but I don't know where it is.  The average daily traffic on this 
>>>> list seems
>>>> to have decreased in the last 4-5 years as this delay problem has 
>>>> gotten
>>>> worse - you are probably right, folks have transferred to the other JD
>>>> discussion forums.
>>>> Duane Larson
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