Note that this is not unique to ExcelForum - just a hazard of
newsgroups.

If you use nntp, depending on the particular news server you're reading
from, it can take minutes to hours for posts to propagate.

If the original poster and the responder are on "closer" servers to each
other than to msnews (where most servers get their update), the reply
may be sent and received before it's ever propagated to the majority of
news servers, or via the web interface.

In article ,
"Ron Coderre" wrote:

Consequently, until that schedule changes, our responses to ExcelForum posts
can be delayed up to an hour before they are posted there.