Re: list delay

[Nathan E Norman <nnorman@incanus.net>]

On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:36:01PM -0600, Jason Pepas wrote:
> On Thursday 30 January 2003 06:15 pm, Michael Wardle wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I've only recently subscribed to debian-user, and I notice that I
> > receive messages sent to the list 4 or 5 hours after they have been
> > sent.  Among other things, this typically results in several identical
> > responses to a question, as subscribers are unaware that somebody has
> > already responded.  I do not notice this on any other mailing lists.
> >
> > I suspect this issue has been raised previously, but I can't find any
> > mention of it in a FAQ or in recent list posting.
> >
> > Is this a known problem, and is there anything that can be done to
> > improve the speed of the Debian mailing lists?

I'm sure if someone donated a more powerful machine and more
bandwidth, it would help.

I've some opinions for slowness:

1) Overall crappiness of the Internet due to the exploit du jour.

2) time of day: the list seems slower during US working hours (but
this might be my imagination).  I know I've posted at 3 am and have
seen my post within minutes (actually seconds but you'd never believe
me :-)

3) People increase the load by posting over and over!! How stupid.
''Dr., it hurts when I do this to my arm.' 'Then don't do that''

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Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:nnorman@incanus.net
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  while bad people will find a way around the laws.
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