[AJD] Delay in messages

[David Bruce]

Spencer,
Maybe a related question, if I may.  I'm seeing a great increase (again) in spam 
this month.  Are the ATIS servers seeing the same?  Now the pork product I like 
but the email version I can certainly do without.

David
NW NC

Spencer Yost wrote:
> *********** 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>
>     
> 
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