My solution to the mysterious missing emails is to set my prefs to
not receive emails at all. I just read and post messages using the
web interface.
Moe
--- In motm@y..., elhardt@a... wrote:
> alt_mode@y... writes:
>
> >>Are you seeing the posts actually lost or just severely delayed?
I noticed
> the
> delay but I haven't seen anything lost. Egroups had some problems
where I
> finally
> got some posts over a week late but they did come through!<<
>
> I've experienced both severly delayed and lost. For example I
could write 3
> posts in a row, separated only by a few minutes, sending each one
after I
> write it only to have the 3rd one show up but the first 2 I never
do see no
> matter how many days I wait. Most of the time other people can see
them
> though, but on the Nord Modular mailing list I have confirmed that
even that
> is not the case all the time. People have to go back to the
archives and
> there the lost posts sit but they don't show up in people's
mailboxes in any
> reliable or predictable way. This also happens on the AH list
which isn't
> yahoogroups. This kind of stuff annoys the hell out of me. I have
no idea
> what I'm missing or if others are seeing my posts.
>
> I too will sometimes see answers before the questions are asked.
>
> -Elhardt