From: Katharine Thayer (kthayer@pacifier.com)
Date: 02/21/03-03:17:18 AM Z
Thanks for responses, but unless I'm not understanding the replies
properly, I don't think they explain my problem. My ISP posts a bulletin
if there's a problem with mail slowing down, but when the problem is
resolved the backed up mail come in quickly, and it comes in reasonably
consecutive order. In other words, if the mail's backed up, I don't get
today's mail before yesterday's, because the new mail goes into the
queue after the old mail. But my ISP has not said there's been a
problem with mail in the last few days, and I seem to be getting my mail
in something like real time this morning (the alt-photo messages I've
received this morning correspond exactly with the list on the live
mirror) but the posts that I didn't get in the meantime just haven't
ever showed up.
kt
Eric Maquiling wrote:
>
> On 02/21 08:26, Nick Makris wrote:
>
> > has been discussed on this list at least once or twice, this is also the
> > very reason why messages come in out of order.
>
> I'm an email server administrator and the above statement, from MCN is
> confusing. It really depends on where people are and where they are
> sending email from.
>
> >
> > When the mail server is processing a normal amount of mail, it does so in
> > real time, so as a message is received it is forwarded to the proper bucket.
>
> This is true but what it normal? Yahoo processes thousands and
> thousands of email per minute.
> >
> > When loads get higher than normal, the messages are placed in a queue for
> > processing later.
>
> Messages are placed in queue if they cannot be sent. I.E., the
> recieving end is down, wrong email address, etc, etc. Usually, it
> stays in queue for 7 days and then discarded.
>
> >
> > When loads get too high, messages can be/are/have been rejected.
>
> This is not true. If you have an ISP that tells you that they are
> rejecting email or deleting email because of their "load", change ISP
> immediately.
>
> >
> > queue, those messages are processed FIFO (for you non-techies, "that's first
> > in first out").
>
> Ahh, okay, now I see what you mean in the first line. Just because
> person A from America sends email at the same exact time (GMT time) as
> a person in New Zealand, does *NOT* mean that person in America will
> be "first" in line if they send messages to that email server.
>
> --
> Eric
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