[Vision2020] "Circular Conversations"

[jsullivan@moscow.com]

I belong to a chatsite which has about 20 servers. It is possible that the 
times on the servers are off. That is what happens there.

The trouble I have is sometimes people send me email, and I never get it at 
all!

Janesta Sullivan


>     In posting to V2020, I have noticed a slight to sometimes lengthy
> delay before it registers on the listserve.  It appears that submissions
> to V2020 are not always relayed in the order received. More that once, I
> have read the response to a comment several submissions BEFORE I receive
> the original comment.  Personal (direct) email is essentially
> instantaneous though.  The result is that 'Billy' posts to V2020 and
> sends the message Cc: to 'MaryAnn', to which she immediately responds
> c/o V2020.  By some quirk 'MaryAnn's' post appears first, then minutes
> later 'Billy's'.  I suspect this is what inspired Mr. Steed's circular
> conversation comment, as it has sure confused the heck out of me a few
> times.
> 
> 
>                                                                         
>              Brent Capener
             Brent Capener


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