Dragaera

Goblets, Emperors per Reign

David Dyer-Bennet dd-b at dd-b.net
Fri Mar 19 13:35:31 PST 2004

Sean Whalen <stlatos at yahoo.com> writes:

>    This message was sent but doesn't seem to have
> reached anyone.  If you get double, tell me.

It's in the archives twice, and I received it twice.  The first copy
in the archives was stored at 13:00, the second at 14:40.  So I'd
guess there was some sort of delay getting a connection to your mail
host to return the message to you.

By checking the web archive (they're all linked from the mailing lists
page at <http://dragaera.info/mailinglists/>), you can tell if the
message reached here and was accepted.  It splits the problem in half
-- did the message have trouble reaching dragaera.info and being
accepted, or did it have trouble being sent back?

In general, an hour is *far* too soon to start worrying about whether
a message has gone through.  Congestion at any of a dozen places
between here and there can cause a delay, and each time a message gets
delayed, it waits *longer* before trying again. 
-- 
David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/>
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