Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/28

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Subject: [Leica] [IMG] PAW 26 The British Holiday + Q for Brian
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri Sep 28 12:50:35 2007
References: <46FBE5E0.7000500@summaventures.com> <71E14C30-948B-4597-A3F2-83175B8F71B5@pandora.be> <65D3F967DDCE53A7A6F8624B@rutabook.reid.org>

Thanks Brian. So the problem is at my end, I understand.
Will try to do something about that.
Philippe



Op 28-sep-07, om 06:57 heeft Brian Reid het volgende geschreven:

> I assume that by "a RE" you mean a reply, i.e. that you are asking  
> why a reply can be received before the message to which it is a reply.
>
> It's almost always caused by intermittent congestion at the  
> recipient's mail server. If the mail server is heavily loaded, it  
> will stop accepting mail delivery until it has finished processing  
> its heavy load. When this happens, the sender's mail server will  
> queue the message for later delivery. If, in the interim, a reply  
> comes along and the recipient's mail server is not busy, the reply  
> will be delivered immediately. The re-delivery attempt is made by  
> the clock: wait 2 hours or 4 hours and try again, or something like  
> that.
>
>
>> Great shot. First impression a bit spoiled by a RE (that got me  
>> hooked) that appeared before the initial message came in.
>> What could cause this, Brian?
>>
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard) ([Leica] [IMG] PAW 26 The British Holiday + Q for Brian)
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Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] [IMG] PAW 26 The British Holiday + Q for Brian)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] [IMG] PAW 26 The British Holiday + Q for Brian)