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Subject: Re: -questions list speed. 
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From: David Greenman <davidg@root.com>
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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 05:52:20 -0700
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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