Re: Wow! Extremely sorry for the multiple postings :(

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Charlie wrote:

>In my case, I had been having trouble with my news-server (I've since got a
>new
>one) and when my post didn't show up after a few minutes I posted again.  It
>still didn't show up so after several hours I figured I'd give it another
>try.
>No luck.  I tried one more time and then in frustration gave up.  The next
>day
>there they were, all four messages.
>
>As to what actually causes it, I think this is one of those things that mere
>mortals are not meant to know.

This is quite common behavior.

Always assume that your posting has "gotten out" unless you don't
see it a couple of days later.

Different servers have different ways of deciding when a posting is
visible, and propagation times have a large variance.

-michael

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