Re: [Firebird-docs] ATTN Lou, Jose, and all: better not post thru Atkin newsgroup

[Paul V. <pa...@vi...>]

Hi all,

> Jose for instance posted two messages on January 3, but it took 5
> days before they appeared on the list. Lou posted a message on the
> 6th that took 2 days to arrive. (Clearly there was a clog in the
> pipeline that got removed, or decided to go away by itself, on
> January 8.)

Pavel Cisar sent me an email today; the explanation turns out to be
different from what I thought:

If you are subscribed to the _mailing list_ and you post through the
Atkin _news interface_, your message will be forwarded to the list
automatically and immediately (if Atkin runs smoothly).

If you are not a mailing list subscriber, you can still post via the
news interface but your message will be held for approval by the
moderator (Pavel). He usually reads and forwards these messages every
day, but he's had some extremely busy days recently. That, combined
with the fact that Jose and Lou weren't subscribed to the list, was
the cause of the delay.

So you should always subscribe to the mailing list if you want your
messages to arrive quickly. And I still think it's also best to mail
your contributions to the list, because that's the most direct way.


Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog