From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 16 06:10:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA25793 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 06:10:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from labinfo.iet.unipi.it (labinfo.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA25780 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 06:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (luigi@localhost) by labinfo.iet.unipi.it (8.6.5/8.6.5) id OAA02421; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 14:22:47 +0200 From: Luigi Rizzo Message-Id: <199704161222.OAA02421@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Subject: Mail exploders... To: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 14:22:46 +0200 (MET DST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, in the last 2 weeks or so, connectivity from my site to some other internet sites (not all of them, though, e.g. berkeley.edu is very well reachable, whereas cdrom.com is not!) has become pretty bad, with losses in the order of 40% or more, and I have a strong feeling (because I see followups but not the original messages) that many messages of the mailing list are not delivered. I think the freebsd lists are actually served by different mail exploders, and the one serving me is bsd.fs.bauing.th-darmstadt.de, which at the moment is very poorly connected (as a matter of fact, it is even a 4-5 hops further away than freefall!). So I am wondering how are the mail exploders chosen for a given site, and if there is a possibility for a subscriber to select one which is closer (networkwise) and/or better connected to his site. Thanks Luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________