Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 11:09:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: sdd@ccd.tas.gov.au (Scott Donovan) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mailing List Lag Message-ID: <199605231809.LAA06262@freefall.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
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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/
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