my messages to linux.debian.user take 40 minutes to show up
Hi
The problem is like this. If I post a message to linux.debian.user
then it takes about 0.5-1 hour to show up in the news group. The
behaviour is same even if I use gmane. But if I am using the mailing
list the messages show up immediately. I know this because I have
experimented with two email addresses to dig down the problem.
Does anyone experience a similar problem?
I contacted the tech support of my news server provider and they say
that it is not their problem but is due to the fact that l.d.u is a
moderated group. I would like to know how far this is true? If it is
infact the reason, is there anyway to overcome this problem? I really
like the newsgroups interface than mailing list interface and would like
to use it had it not been for this message delaying problem. Any ideas
are welcome.
thanks in advance
raju
Below is the conversation between the tech support and me.
At 14:15 -0400 2005-05-23, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
>>Hi
>> I use xxx.xxx.xxx as my news server. I am concerned about the fact
that, whenever I post a message to linux.debian.user newsgroup, it takes
about 0.5 to 1 hour for the messages to show up on the list. I am
wondering if this is a problem with configuration on the server's side
or with the linux.debian.user newsgroup itself?
>>
>>For example I posted a message
>>
>>http://groups-beta.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/browse_thread/thread/26452d1ca7864777/0ceea4d02212d88d#0ceea4d02212d88d
>>
>>through xxx.xxx.xxx on 13:10. But the message showed up in the
newsgroup at 13:50 (i.e. after about 40 minutes).
>>
>>Hope you would be able to rectify the problem.
>>
>>thanks
>>raju
----------------reply I got----------------------------
> Hi Raju
>Thanks for the details of the problem. It made it much easier to figure
>it out.
>The news group linux.debian.user is a MODERATED group.
>That means when you post to our server, our server e-mails
>the posting to the moderator who then posts the message to
>their news server if they accept it. The message then flows
>back to us via the normal news traffic.
>I think the moderation accounts for the delay.
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