2010/2/1 Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com>: > 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.
Quite often, it's stuck in the moderation queue. Not quite as often, but still fairly frequently, it's stuck somewhere in the hub.org relaying/antispam blackbox. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
