Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site desint.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!desint!geoff From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: out of order messages Message-ID: <318@desint.UUCP> Date: Sat, 19-Jan-85 19:53:46 EST Article-I.D.: desint.318 Posted: Sat Jan 19 19:53:46 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 22-Jan-85 06:29:24 EST References: <7379@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: his home computer, Manhattan Beach, CA Lines: 17 In article <7379@brl-tgr.ARPA> Lauren Weinstein writes: >I'm starting to see unix-wizards messages out of origination >sequence, from the same person and site. In theory, I don't >think this should be occurring if all messages are being >delivered in order. For example, three of my messages, sent >in order by me into the network, were delivered out of order >by BRL. Any ideas? Sure. If BRL batches them and then sends them out via UUCP, the articles could wind up in different batch files. Then UUCP, in time-honored fashion, processes files in directory order rather than time order (on both ends, no less!), so the articles quickly become randomized. -- Geoff Kuenning ...!ihnp4!trwrb!desint!geoff