[51320] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: mail delivery time on nanog-l (was Re: Die thread, DIE!)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Majdi S. Abbas)
Fri Aug 23 01:38:38 2002
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 22:38:05 -0700
From: "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com>
To: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0208230648340.1498-100000@uplift.swm.pp.se>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 07:21:47AM +0200, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> Well, I am convinced that the problem lies in the way the list is set up
> or the software chosen. I checked approx 50 nanog-l email and almost no
> email is delivered to me within 5 minutes on this list, when there are 3-5
> messages being posted in quick succession the delivery time quickly goes
> up to 10-15+ minutes.
Are the contents of the nanog list so incredibly important
that we must get delivery within 5 minutes or less? If it takes
longer than 5 minutes to propagate, do you get your post free?
Oh wait, the list is already free...hmm. If you want
near-instantaneous mail delivery, you can have it -- for a fee.
As in all things, you get what you pay for.
Personally, I am quite happy with the list as is -- the new list
setup is a vast improvement over what things were just a few months
ago. I'm not about to complain over a few minutes. How many of us
check our email every few minutes anyway?
Perhaps the delay will encourage people to wait, and consider
their post before jumping on a thread -- that seems to be the real
culprit.
--msa
