Lee J. Behrens said: > Well, as various people have reported in various posts, something > odd is obviously going on with the list..... the only thing unusual that i have noticed is that the list has been peppier in the past week or so... > > 1. Some posts are dated from months ago. old mail stuck at the botton of the mail queue would be my guess... > 2. Some people report their posts don't show up until hours or > days later, well after other posts with later timestamps arrive > on the scene. they way i understand it is this: the mail queue fills up, new mail get stored in a temp location until it can be queued for sending, the queue empties a bit but before the stored mail can be recovered new mail comes in and fills the queue again, > 3. Some people report their posts never show up. probably sent from an unlisted email, or they are stuck in question 2 > > Is there a hardware problem, like a drive dying a sloooow death? no, just a busy box... > > Lee Behrens -munir > > P.S. In addition to this post, I sent two others 8 Feb 2002 10:53 > AM CT and 9 Feb 2002 12:29 AM CT that have not yet appeared on > the list. if you need answers NOW the #tclug on irc.openprojects.net is the best bet.