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I had a user call the computer lab last week with the same thing.  He was
told it was a known problem.


At 10:58 AM 3/20/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I called yesterday since I have several users with the same problem.
>Problem for me has occured on a case by case basis.  Some users get mail in
>a timely fashion, others do not.  Few get no mail at all.
>
>Response from the student on the CL help desk: no reports of anything wrong.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Alan Valenti [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 10:54 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Slow Pilot
>
>
>Several staff here in LIR jumped on me this morning complaining about Pilot
>mail delivery. I've noticed that mail delivery has been sporadic for several
>weeks - sometimes messages take more than 24 hours to show up in my mailbox.
>And others are having the same problem.
>
>A few questions:
>
>* does the Lab know about this problem (I would assume so!)
>* how soon until there is a fix
>* is there anything we can do to help
>* what should people's expectations be regarding mail delivery
>
>As an example: we have an student event today that was announced in email
>yesterday. Sent to a list of about 100 students three times now, since none
>of the students polled had seen the message yet. Typically in the past, this
>type of message would have been 99% delivered within an hour.
>
>  -jav

Cheryl

Cheryl Akers, MS, CNA - [log in to unmask]
Microcomputer Support - Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
2228C Biomedical Physical Sciences
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI  48824

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