[51325] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: mail delivery time on nanog-l (was Re: Die thread, DIE!)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A Steenbergen)
Fri Aug 23 08:50:52 2002
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 08:50:09 -0400
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com>
Cc: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20020823053805.GA1415@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 10:38:05PM -0700, Majdi S. Abbas wrote:
>
> 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?
I've seen it be better, and I've also seen it be a lot worse. But if
speeding up the mail delivery time can stop the endless supply of useless
replies to things which have already been addressed, I'd suggest it's
worth it.
> 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.
And that $300 minimum * 500 people = $150k * 3 = $750k/yr charged at
meetings, that doesn't count?
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