>I think I have missed a lot of mails. > > I did not get Laree's original post about the stallion getting in with the > mare, only some of the responses. What is happening?
This has been going on since last Wednesday. YG has not addressed it all weekend, but just posted this note: Gmail Non-Delivery Issues We've had reports that some users with Gmail accounts have not been receiving Groups mail since approximately March 14, 2007. This was a difficult issue to diagnose, because we were able to replicate the issue with some, but not all, of our test Gmail accounts. Some of us were missing Groups messages in our Gmail accounts, some of us were receiving them as usual. We appreciate those of you who wrote in detail about the problems your members were having on the Groups Technical Issues board and in email to Customer Care. Having detailed information helps us get to the bottom of issues faster. The problem appears to be on Gmail's end. We have gotten in touch with the Gmail team and are working to resolve this issue. We'll post an update when this has been resolved. We thought this would be a good opportunity to talk about the many reasons why email of all types (not just Groups email) doesn't get delivered. Yes, it's a challenge to deliver messages 24/7 to our 100 million+ subscribers. Part of the challenge is negotiating all the points along the path between sender and recipient. Back in December, Robert Cringely wrote this eye-opening article about email delivery failures among ISPs. Problems ranging from undelivered email that gets "swept under the rug" to shady trouble ticket reporting practices can mean some people never get a full account of email lost in transit. Also email typically makes several "hops" to get from person A to person Z, and delivery can fail at any number of points along the way. If your email is slow to reach you, reading your email headers can help you pinpoint how and where it is delayed. There's a lot of information out there about how to read your email headers, and later this week we'll talk about how you can examine your Groups mail headers to diagnose potential delivery problems. The Yahoo! Groups Team Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
