>During the latest couple of days, I'v got a lot of
>posts out-of-order. *This* came right now, a couple of
>hours after I got the *first* reply.

Yeah, I have come to expect this of the 'net these days. There are so many
potential bottlenecks that I have found messages sometimes get jammed up for
quite some time.

an example I had recently through a Yahoo message list went like this.

Sent message from home to list on Tue @ 23:10, eventually received through
list on Fri @ 04:05
Not seeing above message from list, sent another one from work on Wed @
17:30, eventually rec through list on Fri @ 04:05
Friend on list replied, his message sent Fri @ 04:07, I received through
list @ 04:08

My home ISP is totally separate from the university network I am on at work.
I have come to expect these sort of delays now. I know there are lots of
messages sent to the various lists I am on that I do not see, they just get
lost, and I only become aware of them when I see a reply to the message.

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