Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 21:17:07 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> Cc: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moving some mail. Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9510252158.H24811-0100000@kryten.atinc.com> In-Reply-To: <95Oct25.115050pdt.177478@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>
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On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, Bill Fenner wrote: > The USENET paradigm can also make things much better for the overloaded EU<>US > link; one (or two or three) copy flows and gets redistributed on the other > side, instead of the email copy-per-subscriber... sendmail, majordomo and bulk_mailer all prevent the one copy per subscriber distribution disaster. bulk_mailer sorts the recipient list and places multiple addresses on each envelope. all addresses at a single site are grouped together.....there is room for much improvement. > This whole one-fanout-point thing is the problem (and it's clear that jmb > recognizes that). I'm simply suggesting that adding on another single fanout > point may not be the best solution. not a single point, but rather a number of points--one for each heavy subscriber area or remote area. my comment of one in germany was meatn to illustrative only. perhaps psuedo-newsfeed is the way to go. i am not convinced that we want to forgo the advantages that we presently have with mailing lists. jmb Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346
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