Another possibility is that he answers quickly, but the transport mechanism to the list is delayed somewhere along the line. I myself have had answers, which were "new" at the time I clicked on "send", show up on the list a few hours later.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Phil Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > John McKown wrote: > >He may not be able to regularly check his email. I used to have that > >problem when I used my home ISP account. Since I now use gmail, I can read > >the list via their web interface. > > How would this cause/excuse reposting existing answers to long-dead > threads? It should only mean that he'd say *to himself* "Gee, I could have > answered that, if 27 other people hadn't already". What am I missing? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If this had been an actual emergency, do you really think we'd stick around to tell you? Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
