Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 22:12:45 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <sysop@mixcom.com> To: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: News... Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970416221245.00aea5c8@mixcom.com>
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At 07:19 PM 4/15/97 -0700, Michael Dillon wrote: >On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Jacob Suter wrote: > >> After looking over recent messages about news servers, it appears as if >> NNTP is a very wasteful use of system resources. Has there been any >> advances in the replacement of this waste-o-bandwidth? > >Yep. It's called asking your upstream NNTP feeds to *NOT* send you >alt.binaries.* or alt.sex.* What amazes me is the amount that collects from crossposting. Worth about 10-15% the total. Our (temporary) fix was a server that will not work, period. The only thing left to swap out is the case and MB standoffs? Out upstream is feeding them. 8-) ------------------------------------------- Jeff Mountin - System/Network Administrator jeff@mixcom.net MIX Communications Serving the Internet since 1990
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