[gdal-dev] Re: Delays in forwarding messages

[Frank Warmerdam]

Daniel Morissette wrote:
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> e MTA v3.5 release 217 ID# 0-53853L0S0V35) with ESMTP
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> Guys,
> 
> Have you noticed as I did that there is a very long delay between the
> time we post a message to the list and the time it is actually
> forwarded. I assume this must be due to the fact that the egroups.com
> server is very busy...
> 
> However, I think this is not very good when we have to discuss design
> issues, or stuff that requires lots of going back and forth. For
> instance, I replied this morning (almost 3 hours ago) to Frank's message
> from yesterday and it has not been forwarded yet. At this pace, we can
> exchange only 2 messages per day!!!
> 
> Am I just too impatient, or do you also see a problem there? Do you
> have any ideas??? Should we directly CC: the message to the other
> concerned people? But if we do so, then the other list members will see
> the discussion only after the fact and won't have any chance to give
> their input...

Daniel,

I agree that it is irritating. 

I emailed egroup.com, and they said:
>The problem you are experiencing will be corrected as soon as possible.
>eGroup apologize for any inconvenience the problem might have caused you and
>is working on a solution to neutralize the problem. Rest assured that we
>take this problem very seriously and appreciate your patience

Perhaps it will get better again soon. 


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