> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schlake > (William Colburn) > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 9:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: EOS List Latency and Otters and gmail > > I recently sent an email to the list of "EOS Oh yea, pictures!". The > first thing the list sent me was this message from Mr. Bill: > > >I don't think so... > >Mr. Bill > >Robert M. wrote: > >>Probably some variation of this guy: > > Next came my original message, about 45 minutes later. Then, about 30 > minutes later, came Mr. Bill asking what the nasty brown creature was. > An hour after that, I got mail from Wilbur identifying it as an otter > (which it is), and a further hour after that I got the message from > Robert M. that the very first email had been in reply too. > > Trying to read a heated discussion on the list is painful when they are > so out of order and delayed. I'm not sure if it is the list, or the > chronic mismanagement at the school that hosts my email. My only other > email, though, is gmail. As far as I can tell, the list drops mail from > gmail. Does anyone else have these out of order problems this bad, or > is it just me? > > PS: UPS should be delivering my 300mm f/2.8 IS L today. Time for > another round of flame-the-avocational for his excessive spending > habits. :)
What you're seeing in mail delays is really the best reason I've heard for bottom-posting, because when it happens, you can still read some of the thread from top to bottom instead of the other way round. And before the chorus starts, let's agree to agree that we all have our personal preferences and that no amount of impassioned discussion is likely to change anyone's mind :) Tom P. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
