Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 20:06:54 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG>, James Raynard <fhackers@jraynard.demon.co.uk>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs-cur-2135 Message-ID: <6739.835988814@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Jun 1996 22:11:01 MDT." <199606280411.WAA17865@rover.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote in message ID <199606280411.WAA17865@rover.village.org>: > : Perhaps a rate limited version of the mail lists should be made for > : those who want that facility? I would say that not EVERYONE wants to > : do that. I know that I'd still prefer CTM over SUP, even if I had a > : half-way decent net.link... > > Hmmm. I'd think that splitting the large CTM deltas into smaller > parts wouldn't be a horrible idea as well. I know they are split into > parts for mailing, but if part 27 of 40 buggers up, then you have to > get all 40 parts again via FTP. Combined with a rate limited list > (ctm-cur-slow) this would solve the problem. Just a thought. This means keeping two copies of the delta around (effectively). Why not just offer a mail robot to do this? With the change that I have nearly finished for ctm_smail to allow the slow queue option, such a robot would be (nearly) trivial to write. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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