Big time delays in replies sent to the list

[Nigel Henry]

On Tuesday 09 September 2008 19:38, Nigel Henry wrote:
> I sent a reply to the list, using Kmail, and reply to mailing list some 1hr
> 54 mins ago, and it's still not turned up on the list. At least I havn't
> seen any confirmation of it.
>
> Some lists that I'm on, I can send a reply, then check mail, and the mail
> I've just sent is already there, but replies sent to the Fedora list always
> seem to suffer some time delay.
>
> It will be interesting to see how quick I get a confirmation of this post.
>
> I've just checked the mail again, and it's just past 2hrs since I sent the
> reply, and still have no confirmation that it's been received by the list.
>
> This is not a complaint. I'm just puzzled by the delays.
>
> Nigel.

Replying myself, I've got a confirmation in about 15secs from this post.

Has this got anything to do with the way that the "To" lines are displayed, 
when replying to mailing list.

I was replying to a post, and the "To" line was as below.

"Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." 
<fedora-list at redhat.com>

On Kmail I used reply to mailing list, and looking in the sent mail box, the 
"To" line shows up as below.

fedora-list at redhat.com

Any observations, comments, etc, usw.

Well I've just resent the reply using:
"Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." 
<fedora-list at redhat.com>

Again I've had a confirmation in less than 10secs that the email has been 
received.

Just what is all this rubbish that's inserted before the list address, and is 
causing problems when replying to the list, using, as I do "Reply to mailing 
list" with Kmail.

I can never understand all this stuff that somehow gets inserted before the 
list address. Who puts it there?

Nigel.