Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 10:12:30 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: -questions list speed. Message-ID: <31E9004E.1F08@ime.net> References: <199607141133.NAA21801@allegro.lemis.de>
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Greg Lehey wrote: > > Gary Chrysler writes: > > > > Is it normal for a message to take over an hour to make it's loop. > > > > Lets say I post a message to -questions, It's over an hour before > > I get my own message back on -questions. Is this normal. > > No, I'd say it's relatively fast. > > > I would think it would be a couple minutes at most even though I > > am in Maine and FreeBSD.org is in Calif. (My home state) > > It's not the time between California and Maine that takes up the time. > It's the number of messages that are being handled concurrently on > freefall, and the way that sendmail works: it tries each destination > sequentially, and there are bound to be some that aren't responding. > By the time sendmail gets round to you, hours could have passed. > > Greg Awe, Ok. -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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