On Friday 15 March 2002 12:35 am, Vineet Kumar wrote: [snip] > > If it really is that the list is busier and the mailserver taxed, then > it's a sort of unfortunate catch-22 effect: when subscribers see a > question post that has no replies, it's more likely to get a flood of > replies, making the mail server even busier. I've noticed that happening > a lot, too: certain questions get 5-10 responses, and I suspect it's > simply because the early responses are getting delayed. >
nah. it's the list. i get cc's back to me a good 15-30 minutes before i see the post on the list, and it happens that way consistently, regardless of activity on the list. ben
