[pchelpers] Re: message delays

I have noticed them too. The reason is unclear, but I can tell you that 
messages sent for moderation will take longer than others, since they 
require personal attention. The most common cause of that is Overquoting.

Other factors would include the fact that Freelists now hosts hundreds 
of other active lists. The rate of message processing therefore depends 
greatly on server capacity and how many messages are being submitted at 
any time. There could also be intermittent delays on the internet 
backbone or problems affecting the email server at your end. Such things 
are beyond our control. One good thing about all this is the increased 
activity of the list. There is a lot of good stuff happening here, which 
may inadvertently contribute to such things by adding extra load to the 
system.

Ekhart GEORGI (last name last) wrote:

>Hi Re-Na
>
>The frequent message delays we see in this forum don't seem to have to 
>do with the time zone differences. For some reason some messages sent to 
>PCHelpers get through much faster than others (not talking about those 
>delayed because they quote more than 30 lines in one piece). And there 
>doesn't seem to be an easy answer like regional "discrimination". There 
>have been many messages sent by people wondering why their previous 
>message has not arrived yet or why they receive answers to their own or 
>other people's questions before the question etc.
>
>I sent my answer at 1:48 PM and Martha hers at 5:25 PM, but you got hers 
>before mine, which you got with an almost 6 hour delay even though i got 
>it within a minute of sending it.
>
>Cheers, Ekhart
>
>PS: I don't insist on being called by my full name (-:
>  
>
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