Internet paths are a drunkard's walk. One email may go directly from a to b, another may go from a to z to h to g to y to k to e to r to b. Obviously the first message would arrive sooner than the second. It works amazingly well unless some server along the way accepts the message and then crashes before sending it on. To prevent that from causing a problem mail-servers send it out along several paths, and after it arrives the final mail-server says I already have that message, you may delete it. I have seen messages that have gone all the way around the world to get to a point a few miles away. That it normally only takes a few minutes is mind boggling.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Bob Shell wrote: > Weird how this list works. I downloaded the supposed M8 Digital > image, tweaked it to have some shadow detail, and posted it on my web > site in my PESO file at: > > http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/m8.jpg > > I sent a note saying so. That note has not shown up on the list, but > another that I answered well after that has shown up already. > > Anyone know why the server can't keep posts in order? > > If this list was on Yahoo, I'd take stuff like this for granted, but > we're not yahoos here. > > Bob > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
