Re: Strange... (somewhat off topic)


to megami@usagi.jrd.dec.com
from mahoujin@rocketmail.com
subject Re: Strange... (somewhat off topic)
date Mon, 1 Dec 1997 03:45:06 -0800 (PST)
---Sam <sbh24@student.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> >Has anyone else this problem : I sometimes (in fact, quite regularily) get
> >mail AMG ML mails in a really strange order. The reply has an earlier date
> >'stamp' than the original message... It is a bit difficult to follow the
> >threads when you get the post in (almost) random order.
> >This day, I had a nice surprise : the mail was in almost reverse order, and
> >NOT ordered by their date. Is ROCKETMAIL to blame ?
> 
> It depends where in the world the original was posted from. For example, if
> Lord Raph, living in Italy, makes a post, and Kenji, in Japan, replies to
> it quite quickly, what with Japan being so much closer to New Zealand than
> Italy, I'll tend to get Kenji's reply before receiving Raph's original
> post. Am I making any sense? 8-)
> 
> Sam

Yes... if we just could figure how long a message takes to travel from, for
example, Italy to Japan. The 'light speed' term often used does definitely not
apply to e-mail...

Mahoujin
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