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

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

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

> 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.