authfriend wrote:
> --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
>>
>>> --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley"
>>> <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote:
>>>
>>>> --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@>
>>>>
> wrote:
>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>> I only got a count of 50 for Judy with the program
>>>>> that runs on my desktop. Alex may have received a
>>>>> duplicate email on the account he uses.
>>>>>
>>>> I now get my FFL email feed from a Gmail account, and
>>>> my post count was the same as the official post count,
>>>> which also uses a Gmail account. I looked at the
>>>> time/date column for her week's worth of posts, and I
>>>> didn't see any pairs posted at the same time.
>>>>
>>> Alex, Tuesday's post count had me at 48. I made only
>>> two posts after that, but Wednesday's post count had
>>> me at 51. So there's an error somewhere.
>>>
>> What I've noticed recently is that posts don't always
>> arrive right away on Gmail. Today, for example, there
>> were posts that were delayed by a few hours to as much
>> as a whole day. My guess is that a post of yours from
>> Tuesday didn't show up in the FFL PostCount Inbox until
>> after Tuesday's 6:15 post count. You were led to believe
>> you had two posts left instead of one because one was
>> still in transit and uncounted at the time the FFL
>> PostCount script tallied and posted Tuesday's post count.
>>
>
> I see, thanks.
>
> But who gets left holding the bag? If the count is
> unreliable but we're held responsible for posts
> that arrive at GMail late, there's no point in the
> count in the first place. The count was supposed to
> make it unnecessary to track our posts manually,
> but if we can't depend on it, it's of no use.
>
> I guess what I'd like is an official ruling that
> if one goes by the count and it turns out to be wrong
> and one goes over as a result, one won't be penalized
> for it.
Email errors overall are somewhat rare. We don't know whether it is
Yahoo or the email service subscribed too though I suspect it is
Yahoo. As I always emphasized if you think there is a miscount it is
not hard to check to see if there have been duplicated or even omitted
emails. So contact Alex or Rick for that. For most people who don't
post near the max and don't want to overpost I'm sure the count is very
useful.
