Subject: Re: the Oops
From: Tim O'Connor (oconnort@nyu.edu)
Date: Sat Jul 27 2002 - 20:08:54 EDT
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 02:00:46PM -0700, L. Manning Vines wrote:
> The list has been so slow and the digest has been so slow in coming (and I
> was accidentally auto-unsubscribed a few days ago, which has made me wonder
> if it's happened again when the digest isn't coming), that I thought I would
> perhaps subscribe to the standard, non-digest, distribution until the list
> speeds up again.
I can't speak about what happens with hotmail and mail delivery there,
but when I write to the list I usually get a copy of it within about
60 seconds. I get copies on three different hosts (for safety's sake)
and each one gets the delivery promptly. I'm not pointing fingers at
hotmail, but....
The one place where delays occur is when some messages get bounced to
me for one or another problem -- such as "the Oops," which bounced
because it had the word "un___scribe" in it, and the list software
interpreted this as a command to it, so it bounced the message to me
for me to look at. Sometimes I'm not logged in, so such messages as
these will be delayed until I see them.
> I accidentally sent a message with "___scribe bananafish" and nothing else
> to the list instead of to Major Domo. Realizing the mistake, I sent a
> message saying "Oops." Then the digest arrives, and I find that my
> accidental message was not included -- I suppose the machine to which we
> write is clever enough to eliminate these accidents -- and my "Oops" message
> stood out as a non-sequitur.
Exactly -- the list software filtered out your "___scribe" message and
bounced it to me. Of course, that is one I DIDN'T approve, since
there seemed little point. But sending along your "oops" explanation
helps clarify things!
(BTW, I'm saying "___scribe" and such because I don't want my own
messages to bounce!)
> Silly mix-up.
Not to worry ... happens to the best of us....
--tim
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