My experience is that many times I get a reply from someone before I get
the original post.  I think that is similar to Jeff below.  However,
occasionally I get the OP before any replies and I reply, causing the
issue above for other people.  There are so many factors to consider its
ridiculous.  Better options are RSS feeds or a web based service (HTTP
etc...)  eMail wasn't designed to be time sensitive (despite what my
Blackberry wearing VPs think.)

Sometimes I'm thankful that I'm not the email admin.  Then I remember
I'm the backup admin and ANYTHING is better. =P

-Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Jeff
Lightner
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 2:01 PM
To: A Darren Dunham; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Mailing list replies before questions?

Just to be clear. 

I wasn't talking about messages I'd sent and wanted replies on but
rather messages others had sent.   Often I see replies to the emails
others have sent long before I see the original message.

Interestingly enough the message that started this thread did not fall
into that category.  It showed up in the forum before the first reply.

It isn't clear to me how "batching" would make a difference unless the
batches are sending out the emails in alphabetical order of sender
rather than time order of send.   If it was alphabetical (or even
geographical) on receiver then I should still get the first email in an
earlier batch than the reply which would presumably come in a later
batch.

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of A Darren
Dunham
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:39 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Mailing list replies before questions?

On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 11:05:11AM -0600, Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com wrote:
> Are any of you gray-listing your inbound mail?  That can make weird 
> arrival-order behavior.

Not in my case, but I suppose the list software doesn't regard
minimizing latency on sending mails.  I assume it batches things over a
long time.

Since the day I joined I've received email replies to posts long before
I see it on the list in my mailbox.  I'm usually 20-30 minutes behind.
I haven't seen any changes in this over the years.

Received: from mailman.eng.auburn.edu ([131.204.12.57])
  by relay.taos.com with ESMTP; 09 Apr 2008 10:25:38 -0700
Received: from mailman.eng.auburn.edu (mailman@localhost [127.0.0.1])
        by mailman.eng.auburn.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with
ESMTP id m39H5LO1007656;
        Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:05:28 -0500
Received: from mx02.cexp.com (mx02.cexp.com [170.131.136.83])
        by mailman.eng.auburn.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with
ESMTP id
        m39H5IPv007651
        for <VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>; Wed, 9 Apr 2008
12:05:18 -0500

(So right about 20 minutes for this one).

I don't know that I've ever seen out-out-order posts from the listerv,
but direct email replies can make it appear that way.

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