In article <arb4hr$9pu$2@bent.twistedbits.net> , jon@dakota-truck.net
wrote:
>
> "Mallett, Donald B" <Donald.Mallett@bnsf.com> wrote:
>
> : What or how dose posting to the DML work as far as the digest goes? I e-mail
> : a post in and I'll get a digest like a hour later and its not there. It will
> : be on the next one. Just wondering.
>
>
> Basically, as posts are sent to the DML, they are saved for the
> digest. Once the digest reaches a certain size or it gets to a certain
> time (whichever comes first), a new digest will be created and all those
> messages that have been saved are included in that digest, and the
> process starts over again.
>
> It is definitely possible for what you described to happen because
> it can take a while for a digest to get mailed out to all members.
> If your name is down near the bottom of the list, it might take
> an hour or two from the time the digest is created to the time it
> actually gets mailed out. Of course there are other things that
> can happen like network delays, etc. So basically what happened
> was that the digest was probably already created and in the
> process of being mailed out before you sent your post to the DML.
>
>
Thanks Jon
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