[AJD] Delay in messages

[Michael Dixon]

>From sending to receiving was less than 20 minutes, in this instance.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Dixon" <mpmbd at yadtel.net>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
<antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: [AJD] Delay in messages


>I am mostly a lurker here who benefits greatly from the collected knowledge 
>of others who post. Reading about the various observations regarding the 
>delays in receiving messages, I am convinced that it is due to the 
>"delivery system" and completely out of the control Spencer or the members 
>who post. But a 12 hour delay, if it occurs, has what implications?  None 
>for me! How much does the service cost me? Nothing! How much does the delay 
>cost me? Nothing! I served as a part-time volunteer in a non-profit 
>organization for about 50 years in a capacity for which a license is 
>required- a license that requires both education and experience and a 
>difficult examination to acquire. It requires cointinuning education, at my 
>own expense, to retain. People soon began to view my services as an 
>entitlement. How many times were the times angry people shook their finger 
>in my face!!! For those reasons, I do not now volunteer, but still have my 
>credentials and use them only for profit!! Spencer, I appreciate the forum 
>and am completely satisfied with it.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
>> To: <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 11:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AJD] Delay in messages
>>
>>
>>> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>>> On 1/30/2006 at 10:16 AM Dean VP wrote:
>>>>The delay in messages on ATIS is getting to the point it is intolerable.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It isn't ATIS.  All email providers are free to handle a message with a
>>> Precedence header value of "list" any way they choose.  AOL and other
>>> choose to defer messages whenever they are busy, like the value is 
>>> "bulk".
>>> Others handle just like "Normal" precedence mail.   Look at the header 
>>> of
>>> the messages and you'll see the difference in the Precedence value 
>>> between
>>> list message and emails from your friends.  By the way, the lack of a
>>> Precedence header implies "Normal".
>>>
>>> By the way, some list operators improperly label their mail "Normal" so
>>> this doesn't happen.  Assigning a precedence value incorrectly to speed
>>> processing is poor form and smacks of childishness and I certainly don't 
>>> do
>>> it and won't do it.
>>>
>>> Specifically Dean, your email provider is deferring messages.  Here is 
>>> the
>>> queue file entry:
>>>
>>> k0V32b7J014241     1705 Mon Jan 30 22:02
>>> <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>                 (Deferred)
>>>
>>>                                         <deanvp at att.net>
>>>
>>>                                         <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
>>>
>>>
>>> Spencer Yost
>>> Owner, ATIS
>>> Plow the Net!
>>> http://www.atis.net
>>>
>>>
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