+arrowroot Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 I try to get my pocket queries on Friday, so I can cache on Saturday with that data... but the last time my GPX arrived after I left the office, where I have my Palm cradle. So I changed the query to Thu and Fri, expecting to change it to just Thu once I was sure it was working. But no GPX file on Thu, and Friday was getting late... so I added Sat. Sat's here, and still no pocket query. What gives? I am sending it to a Hotmail address, and they're notorious for eating and bouncing messages, but I'm getting some mail there. Anyone else having problems? I am Arrowroot, son of Arrowshirt. I have many names, you know Link to comment
+Sissy-n-CR Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 It does seem sporadic, but I've got mine for the past couple of days. CR Link to comment
iryshe Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 All of them have run today already. If you know the ID number of the pocket query, email me with it and I'll investigate further. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Link to comment
iryshe Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 I ran it again with the GPX file emailed directly to me, and I received it with no problems. Sounds like it may be an email delivery issue. In the future I'll allow people to download them directly from their "my cache page" to get around the email issues. Jeremy Irish Groundspeak - The Language of Location Link to comment
+arrowroot Posted January 20, 2003 Author Share Posted January 20, 2003 All three days' worth showed up -- each exactly two days late. *!%% Hotmail. I am Arrowroot, son of Arrowshirt. I have many names, you know Link to comment
+Markwell Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Ya, I'd guess it's an ISP problem. Mine have been coming through without a glitch. Also consider zipping the files. If your ISP is balking at the size, this might help. Markwell Chicago Geocaching Link to comment
Elias Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 I just went though the server logs from Thursday noon through noon today and the *average* delivery time per e-mail for Hotmail was almost 28 hours. All other mail gets delivered instantly. It looks like Hotmail throttles inbound connections pretty heavily - the more mail in queue for Hotmail, the longer the delay time. I'm not quite sure what to do about this at the moment, but I'll work on it. Given the enormous volume of mail we send out on a daily basis (not to mention Thursday's New Cache notification e-mail) and that 13% of all active accounts on Geocaching.com are Hotmail, this problem is only going to get worse fast. I'll post an update here when I come up with something. -Elias Link to comment
+Fattuhr Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 I received four of my five queries this morning. Was there a problem that may have stopped them midway through the process? My wife says put a coordinate on it and I'll find it. Link to comment
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