[AJD] Delayed posts

Tommy twilson17 at comcast.net
Thu Jan 20 11:42:12 PST 2005


It may be two different technologies, but the fact remains that it is 
taking over 4 hours for posts to show up here. Not so with the Gold Wing 
board I am on, nor for any private email messages that I send/receive. 
Something is still amiss here!....Tommy (1:41pm CST)

At 10:55 AM 1/20/05 -0500, you wrote:
>Geez, you are comparing TWO DIFFERENT technologies.  Compare apples to
>apples before run your mouth.   My bulletin board posts instantly too.
>
>
>Spencer Yost
>Owner, ATIS
>Plow the Net!
>http://www.atis.net
>
>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>
>On 1/20/2005 at 1:21 AM Dean VP wrote:
>
> >For those of you who think that delayed posts are the norm and have to be
> >lived with, I suggest you go to www.ytmag.com and post a message. Your
> >message will be on the board before you can check to see if it has
> >arrived.
> >
> >I have been on ATIS for almost 6 years now but the situation is getting to
> >the point that it is untenable. It is very hard to understand the context
> >of
> >a question when answers sometimes arrive before the question does. Nor
>does
> >one want to look foolish in answering a question when there have been
> >several identical answers given before any of them show up for review.
> >
> >I have been helped immensely in the past by those who have contributed so
> >mightily to this list but over time I see them slowly disappearing. I have
> >tried to help those I can when possible and hopefully have helped as much
> >as
> >I have been helped. I have met some wonderful people in person who I never
> >would have met had it not been for this list. But....the ATIS list is
> >nothing more than a tool. If the tool isn't functional any more, a new
>tool
> >is needed.
> >
> >I must admit I get impatient when things are not going right. And I have
> >had
> >to bite my tongue many times over the last few weeks. So I would like to
> >pass along an old saying my father used to say:
> >
> >"If every time you walk through that door you get hit over the head, maybe
> >a
> >wise thing to do would be to not walk through that door any more."
> >
> >Life is too short to have to deal with things that irritate us. I've had
> >some very good interchanges with several members of this list via private
> >email. Maybe this is one of the potential solutions. And w/o all the
>delays
> >in the messages.
> >
> >Sometimes solutions occur when there isn't anyone around to complain about
> >it anymore.
> >
> >Dean A. Van Peursem
> >Snohomish, WA 98290
> >
> >I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> >storeroom door
> >
> >
> >www.deerelegacy.com
> >
> >http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> >Ronald L. Cook
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:00 PM
> >To: Antique John Deere mailing list
> >Subject: Re: [AJD] Delayed posts
> >
> >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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Tommy Wilson
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