Timestamps are appended at the local computer. My machines clock is up to date. If someone is in a time zone further west I would expect that they would have a earlier time stamp if they replied before their local time caught up. I'm using Thunderbird which I believe just puts the local machines date/time into that timestamp without any offset for GMT. I don't remember if that's the SMPT spec. for how timestamps work on pop clients, and I'm really too lazy to look it up, but I figure if Thunderbird does it that way it's probably the standard. It doesn't surprise me though it can be annoying. I've sent a number of e-mails in the last few weeks that simply got lost. Not just to the list. The list e-mails will sometimes come back almost instantaneously, (well within 7 minutes which is delay I've set in my client between server checks), sometimes delayed by hours to days. I don't know if it's a problem with my provider, the list or somewhere else.
Paul Sorenson wrote: > Hmmm...don't have any ideas what's causing it, but often your posts > arrive from the list with a time/date stamp later than posts responding > to yours. > > -p > > P. J. Alling wrote: > >> You know I've been having trouble with about every type of e-mail lately >> but the list seems to be the worst. I just got tired of typing test. >> I'm trying to figure out if it's all related to my provider or the >> Internet as a whole. After all you don't have to look. >> >> John Celio wrote: >> >>>> Slow list, I got worried. >>>> >>>> >>> Unless you're testing your list reception, I don't understand why you keep >>> doing this. >>> >>> It's just slow. If you don't believe it, go check the archive instead of >>> emailing everyone. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> John >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.neovenator.com >>> http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
