This is true.....it happens all the time actually. Good case in point,
yesterdays thread about Conus ferrugineus posted by Paul. I received that
post while already in my email, so I answered it rather quickly and sent,
but it took FOREVER for the post to show back up, and by the time it did,
someone else posted nearly the same things I did.  Rather frustrating.

Lyle


> [Original Message]
> From: Tom Eichhorst <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 1/1/2008 8:55:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] replies coming BEFORE original postings
>
> I have been told it has to do with the processing of your server.  I often
> get answers to emails that never show up.  I can only find them by
searching
> the Conch-L archives.  All a bit of a mystery.
>
> Tom E.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> Andrew Grebneff
> Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 7:33 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CONCH-L] replies coming BEFORE original postings
>
>
> >Just noticed that a shell I have listed as Siphonalia pfeifferi for
> >many years is listed in the Compendium of Seashells as S. pfefferi.
> >It isn't a typo because the author specifically says that pfeifferi
> >is a misspelling.  So, this would indicate that the species was
> >named after someone named Pfeffer.  I know who Pfeiffer is, but who
> >is Pfeffer??
>
> Why am I often getting replies before the original postings,
> sometimes ahead by hours?
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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