The "distribution lag" is not a function of ICON Development Solutions. It is a function of several issues, the foremost of which are net traffic and timing and corporate/net provider processing. Messages sent before 8am US Eastern time can be distributed relatively quickly. Those sent in the middle of US business hours can take longer. As for processing, I can receive messages at my home account (Comcast) that I sent from my corporate account faster than I can get them back on the system I sent them from because it goes through more scrutiny at ICON than at Comcast on the return leg. There is nothing ICON can do to alter the sequence in which different recipients receive posts, so just keep this in mind when the order of posts seems confusing. William J. Bachman, Ph.D. Director, Pharmacometrics R&D Icon Development Solutions 6031 University Blvd., Suite 300 Ellicott City, MD 21043 <mailto:[email protected]>
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ribbing, Jakob Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 7:00 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Elodie Plan Subject: [NMusers] Lag-time on nmusers distribution Dear all, My apologies for sending redundant messages. The reason this often happens is a distribution lag of about half an hour* (at least for me). By the time the message reaches other nmusers it is already obsolete because someone else answered before. Is there any way that Globomax can increase the speed of distribution? Or maybe put the nmusers who have previously participated in discussions at the top of the distribution list? Before I was aware of this distribution lag it often was not clear to me why someone would send a message, which basically repeated what someone else already said and I sometimes wondered if there was a disagreement between the two postings that was too subtle for me to notice. I find this distribution list a great source of learning and inspiration but a quicker distribution to the growing number of nmusers would save both time and confusion. (On the other hand, for this specific case Martin also makes the point that it is good to see several postings recommending PsN) Thanks Jakob *Elodies, Marcs and my postings all had a lag of 30 minutes before reaching me. Martins and Robs postings had a lag of 40 minutes. This lag is not because of the e-mail server on my end. ICON plc made the following annotations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail transmission may contain confidential or legally privileged information that is intended only for the individual or entity named in the e-mail address. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or reliance upon the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please reply to the sender, so that ICON plc can arrange for proper delivery, and then please delete the message. Thank You, ICON plc South County Business Park Leopardstown Dublin 18 Ireland Registered number: 145835
