From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Apr 17 01:14:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA18505 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 01:14:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.webspan.net (mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA18500 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 01:14:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970116) with ESMTP id EAA10210; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 04:13:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (WEBSPN/970116) with ESMTP id EAA04899; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 04:13:12 -0400 (EDT) To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" cc: Michael Dillon , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: News... In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Apr 1997 22:12:45 CDT." <3.0.32.19970416221245.00aea5c8@mixcom.com> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 04:13:12 -0400 Message-ID: <4897.861264792@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Jeffrey J. Mountin" wrote in message ID <3.0.32.19970416221245.00aea5c8@mixcom.com>: > What amazes me is the amount that collects from crossposting. Worth about > 10-15% the total. Really? I'd have guessed closer to 30% of all volume is crossposted more than to more than 5 groups. I'm considering running my server for a day with the entry in newsfeeds that rejects articles that are crossposted more than x times (x in this case being 10 for me) to see what happens to volume Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info