On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >>> * A sends a message >>> * B replies, cc'ing A and the list >>> * B's reply to list is delayed by greylisting >>> * A replies to B's reply (cc'ing list) >>> * A's reply goes through immediately >>> * B's reply shows up a bit later >>> >>> That happens pretty frequently IME. > >> Yeah - and sometimes the delay can be DAYS. > > Greylisting wouldn't explain a delay of more than an hour or so. > OTOH, if B's reply got held for moderation for some reason, then > yeah it could be days :-(. But in that case the rest of the list > didn't see it in real-time either, so having it show up out of > "logical" sequence in the archive doesn't seem like a terrible > reflection of reality. I'm just concerned about the threading not > being sensitive to skews on the order of a few minutes --- those > are extremely common.
I not infrequently receive messages out of sequence by time periods well in excess of a few minutes. Don't know why, but I do. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
