Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 05:52:20 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@root.com> To: tcg@ime.net Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, FreeBSD-Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: -questions list speed. Message-ID: <199607141252.FAA05276@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 Jul 1996 08:42:09 EDT." <31E8EB21.5A13@ime.net>
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>> On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Gary Chrysler wrote: >> >> > Is it normal for a message to take over an hour to make it's loop. >> >> Hm. I don't usually look at the timestamp on when my messages come back, >> but they usually start coming in while I'm still reading mail, so I'd say >> I get 15 minutes loop time if that. >> > >I don't actually look at the stamps either, I just know when I send >one and know when it comes back. > >> > Lets say I post a message to -questions, It's over an hour before >> > I get my own message back on -questions. Is this normal. >> >> > I would think it would be a couple minutes at most even though I >> > am in Maine and FreeBSD.org is in Calif. (My home state) >> >> Depends on load on the mail server and the intervening distribution systems. >> > >I realize load is an issue, My data to FreeBSD.org does in fact >go through MCI SuperSlowWay. >Crusing FreeBSD for me SUXS big time during the busy times! >I usually wait untill the middle of the night PST. >(Way early in the AM for me, EST) > >I was under the impression that a sending mail host contacted the >recieving mail host directly if possiable. > >Thus a minute or so to send, a minute or so to recieve. >15 minutes I can see, Over an hour though! Seems a bit long. Uhh, people, look, you aren't the only ones on the mailing list. There are several *thousand* people on these lists. It's amazing that we are able to deliever the email the same *day*. :-) ...so please don't complain about a few minutes of lag time. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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