> On Saturday, August 23, 2008, at 10:10:23 AM, Scott wrote:

>> Mathematically speaking, this idea would be tough to do with 15
>> accounts picking a time interval to not check on top of each other and
>> still getting your email in at a decent time.

> Use the first 15 prime numbers (excluding 1) for the intervals. The
> longest interval would be 47 minutes. Eventually there would be a point
> at which all of the checks coincided but it would be a long time away.
> Smaller numbers of collisions would happen more frequently, but when
> only two or three checks are being done at the same time the delay is
> much smaller...

Yep - sure would be nice to be able to pick SEQUENTIAL, have all the
individual times gray out and pick an "interval" for that sequential
checking. Better yet, specify what is in the sequential queue and what
is on it's own timer! :)

-- 
Rick
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