lauren@RAND-UNIX.ARPA (01/21/85)
I have been informed that the reason for the out of sequence messages from UNIX-WIZARDS (including my two recent messages regarding my MSDOS UUCP) are due to the multiple processes being used to handle mail traffic at BRL. Apparently there are no interlocks to avoid sequencing problems; each process just grabs whatever comes along asynchronously. If you leave enough time between messages (as delivered to BRL) you can avoid the problem, but it isn't clear at this point what "enough time" really is. So be warned that sequences of messages may appear in random order if sent to BRL over a short period of time. --Lauren--