Re: [PATCH 2/2] send-email: supply a --send-delay=1 by default

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 26, 2018, 01:48 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpo3rehe4.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180325210132.GE74743@genre.crustytoothpaste.net>

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

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> I'm not sure that this is going to have the effect you want it to have.
> Let me give an example to demonstrate why.
> ...
> In short, I don't think this is going to be especially helpful because
> it won't change the status quo for a lot of senders.  You'd have to
> insert some significant delay in order to get the effect you desire, and
> even then things could still be delivered out of order.

Thanks for explaining it clearly.

In the past on this list those who do not get the store-and-forward nature of e-mail transport have brought this up a few times, but this approach fundamentally do not work, at least for the purpose of forcing ordering of messages at the receiving end.