[AJD] Delay in messages

[Michael Dixon]

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.
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> ----- 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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