Yammer Delete Message API is timing out

[Saravanakumar Manian]

I have a script to delete old messages from a group.  The deletion is performed in a loop and implemented a sleep time of 20 seconds after 10 requests.  It's noticed at the execution time, some of the messages are not deleted due to 'Time Out' exception.  There is a inbuilt logic to retry and delete. However we would like to reduce the retry.   Has anyone faced similar situation and implemented a solution or any other suggestion to reduce the number of retry?!

[#2]

A continuous loop making 10 calls every 20 second interval ?

[#3]

Thanks, Yes, we do have the loop limiting 10 calls every 20 second.

[#4]

Have you tested say 10 calls every 60 seconds to see if you get the same issues ?

We have had similar issues before regardless what is published about the API extending time in between calls has normally seen more stable results.

[#5]

What is the purpose of doing this? Is there an issue with messages being "old"?