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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: Queue deletions
To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco)
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 18:35:41 -0800 (PST)
Cc: wollman@lcs.mit.edu, postmaster@freebsd.org, hubs@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199610281845.MAA16692@brasil.moneng.mei.com> from "Joe Greco" at Oct 28, 96 12:45:33 pm
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Joe Greco wrote:
> 
> > In a desparate attempt to get my machine to let me do useful work, I
> > deleted about 600 queued messages on my machine (the .edu relay).
> > The messages deleted had envelope recipients of:
> > 
> > 	ccsanady@friley216.res.iastate.edu (400)
> > 	jadeite@light.pomona.edu (180)
> > 
> > and were accumulated over this past weekend.  These individuals should
> > be removed from the mailing-lists until they can produce an address
> > which is connected full-time.
> 
> I have some of these types of messages as well... particularly
> 
> <freebsd@trogon.kiwi.net>
> <news@cview.com>
> <isp@shaft.uglies.com>
> 
> While they are a mild nuisance I only have 337 messages in the queue.

	toasted!
> 
> With a little luck I may soon move mail.freebsd.sol.net someplace else,
> with a faster CPU, more memory, and sixty times the network bandwidth.
> But even as it currently stands, I am not "upset" with the mail load.  

	cool!

> (However as Garrett noticed, it will kill interactive performance a bit!)
> 
> ... JG
>