Email delays

[jwalker]

JK, another wee issue. It's not a problem for me but I thought it best you know. The emailed notice of a thread update takes many days to arrive. I got 12 this morning, all arrived within a few seconds of each other and the last post in the threads they referred to dated from the 7th February.

[John Kennett]

Originally Posted by jwalker

JK, another wee issue. It's not a problem for me but I thought it best you know. The emailed notice of a thread update takes many days to arrive. I got 12 this morning, all arrived within a few seconds of each other and the last post in the threads they referred to dated from the 7th February.

Interesting! Please can you forward them to me with all the headers so I can investigate?

If you're using Outlook Express here's how to see all the header information http://8help.osu.edu/34122.html

Thanks!
John

[Nasher]

John

I used to have the same thing at times, but not always.

Obviously hasn't been an issue since I opted out of receiving the notices.

Nasher.

[Tim M]

Im the same; normally takes a few hours for the emails to come through. It's been like that for a while now.

[John Kennett]

The forum software has been set to send thread subscription emails in batches to reduce the load on the server. This could account for a delay of a few hours, but not for several days.

In any case I'm not convinced that this is actually necessary, so I've changed the setting to instant notification and we'll see how it goes.

John

[Biggles]

Originally Posted by jwalker

JK, another wee issue. It's not a problem for me but I thought it best you know. The emailed notice of a thread update takes many days to arrive. I got 12 this morning, all arrived within a few seconds of each other and the last post in the threads they referred to dated from the 7th February.

Congestion Charging

[jwalker]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

In any case I'm not convinced that this is actually necessary, so I've changed the setting to instant notification and we'll see how it goes.
John

Well, I got instant notification of both of your PMs but no notification yet that this thread has replies. It's 10 to midnight. But, I got an email this evening which I would expect to have been sent during working hours...unless the guy is working late...so it could be at my end. I'll keep an eye on it to see if there is a clue. You could send me an email and note the send time and I'll check when it arrives.

[jwalker]

There ya go Mr.Kennett, they all arrived at once. I just took them about a week.

[John Kennett]

Can you forward them to me with the headers please?

John

[jwalker]

I'm not sure how to preserve the headers. I'll send you one and see if it arrives intact rather that sending you a load of junk.