title: APE (Ajax Push Engine) Does APE-Server processes the push requests synchronously or asynchronously
body: <p>I am using APE (Ajax Push Engine) at my application. The connection between the application and the ape-server is inline push. And I am using APE only to broadcast messages to the clients. I.e. the clients do not send messages to the application or to each other.</p>
  
  <p>My question is: Does APE-Server processes the push requests synchronously or asynchronously. 
  I.e. if I send a message to push over APE-Server, </p>
  
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  <li>does APE-Server responses immediately to the application, and after that it pushes the messages to the clients? (asynchronously)  OR</li>
  <li>does APE-Server responses to the application after it has pushed the messages to the clients (synchronously)</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I am asking this, because sometimes responses from APE-Server to the application last to long (sometimes over 1 minute). </p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>