From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 23 11:09:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA06273 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 May 1996 11:09:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA06262; Thu, 23 May 1996 11:09:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199605231809.LAA06262@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mailing List Lag To: sdd@ccd.tas.gov.au (Scott Donovan) Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 11:09:01 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19960523043813.00739594@147.109.1.8> from "Scott Donovan" at May 23, 96 02:38:13 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Scott Donovan wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I am noticing some major lag in the freebsd-questions mail list, I currently > receive 4-5 answers to my posts before I actually see my post.. > > This is great.. I get answers before I ask the question :-) well, scott, you are located in one particular timezone while other members of the list are located eslewhere on the globe. when you send a message at 8am, its 4am here. so i see your question 4 hours before you send it. ;) > > However, did anything come to light of "spreading" the distribution network > for the mail lists? yes, nearly all mail to europe flows thru germany. the scandinavian countries go thru denmark all of edu goes thru mit etc.... jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/