Re: Mail sort order (Was: Quote Question)

John,

In a message dated 2/28/00 1:59:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
john.taylor@telusplanet.net writes:

> Also a constant problem for me. Curiously enough, the midrange lists are the
>  only ones that I've observed this on. Has anyone seen similar behaviour 
from
>  another list server?

I first encountered this problem a couple of years ago when AOL started using 
different providers to handle their unanticipated volume.  The timing of 
message arrivals is, at its core, controlled by the route on which they were 
sent.  The latter is uncontrollable, and is the purvey of both your and 
David's ISPs.  I would suspect that you do not encounter this problem on 
other list servers because of the sheer volume of mail received here -- the 
high-tech nature of most of the contributors probably doesn't hurt either.  
Bites, but not much we can do about it...

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something you said could 
not be done."  -- Sam Ewing
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