Re: Slow list?

[ben <benfoley@rcn.com>]

On Friday 15 March 2002 12:35 am, Vineet Kumar wrote:

[snip]
>
> If it really is that the list is busier and the mailserver taxed, then
> it's a sort of unfortunate catch-22 effect: when subscribers see a
> question post that has no replies, it's more likely to get a flood of
> replies, making the mail server even busier. I've noticed that happening
> a lot, too: certain questions get 5-10 responses, and I suspect it's
> simply because the early responses are getting delayed.
>

nah. it's the list. i get cc's back to me a good 15-30 minutes before i see 
the post on the list, and it happens that way consistently, regardless of 
activity on the list.

ben