OK, can somebody explain why, on a regular basis, I get a long list of old posts to this list? It is now October here and I have just received a number of old posts, some dating back to August. Rowland
I've observed the same thing so it might come from the ML's server, maybe mailman or the MTA? On 01/10/2014 09:29, Rowland Penny wrote:> OK, can somebody explain why, on a regular basis, I get a long list of > old posts to this list? It is now October here and I have just > received a number of old posts, some dating back to August. > > Rowland >
Hi, Check that you don't have "Digest Mode" enabled in your subscription options. Le 01/10/2014 09:29, Rowland Penny a ?crit :> OK, can somebody explain why, on a regular basis, I get a long list of > old posts to this list? It is now October here and I have just > received a number of old posts, some dating back to August. > > Rowland >
On 10/01/2014 10:29 AM, Rowland Penny wrote:> OK, can somebody explain why, on a regular basis, I get a long list of > old posts to this list? It is now October here and I have just > received a number of old posts, some dating back to August. > > Rowland >Email, and more precisely SMTP, is an asynchronous protocol. Although several months of delay is possible with SMTP, I agree this is suspicious, and the causes are multiple.
On 01/10/14 08:45, S?bastien Le Ray wrote:> Hi, > > Check that you don't have "Digest Mode" enabled in your subscription > options.No, I don't have the digest mode enabled, I receive posts normally, but every so often, I get a load of old emails from samba. Rowland> > Le 01/10/2014 09:29, Rowland Penny a ?crit : >> OK, can somebody explain why, on a regular basis, I get a long list >> of old posts to this list? It is now October here and I have just >> received a number of old posts, some dating back to August. >> >> Rowland >> >