From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 16 15:12:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA18511 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 15:12:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [199.184.181.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA18506 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 15:12:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from right.PCS (right.pcs. [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA20884; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:28:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: (jlemon@localhost) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) id RAA00911; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:13:52 -0500 Message-ID: <19970416171351.05581@right.PCS> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:13:52 -0500 From: Jonathan Lemon To: Joerg Wunsch Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mail exploders... References: <199704161222.OAA02421@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> <19970416222031.SE18785@uriah.heep.sax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1 In-Reply-To: <19970416222031.SE18785@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Apr 04, 1997 at 10:20:31PM +0200 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Apr 04, 1997 at 10:20:31PM +0200, J Wunsch wrote: > As Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > So I am wondering how are the mail exploders chosen for a given site, > > and if there is a possibility for a subscriber to select one which is > > closer (networkwise) and/or better connected to his site. > > They are chosen by top-level domains using /etc/mailertable on > freefall. If you've got a suggestion for a better suited exploder for > .it (including the permission of the owner), go ahead. If you you > think it's generally a poor idea to offload .it to the German > exploder, let us know. On a related note, it seems like freefall has a long mail queue time; it takes anywhere from 40 minutes to over an hour before the message actually goes out. Here's a couple of headers: Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) by sm yrno.sol.net (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id QAA06537; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 16:55:55 -05 00 (CDT) Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA04442; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 13:55:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) by ns3.harborcom.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA08862; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 17:55:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA03245; Wed, 16 Apr 1997 13:51:57 -0700 (PDT) Is this normal, or can it be sped up? -- Jonathan