This is just a quick follow up to Leon's message in the hope that
we can end a potentially long thread about list-servers.
Leon Blackwell wrote:
> Nothing personal, Daniel, but I feel I have to speak up on this one...
>
> Daniel Selman wrote:
> > There has been a marked drop in (useful) traffic on the list - in
> > fact everyone seems to be leaving - badly!
>
> These people are simply not obeying the new rules for unsubscribing to
> the list. I'm sure there are normally this many people subscribing and
> unsubscribing from this list everyday -- it is a very popular list.
> Hopefully this won't be long term, or perhaps Sun might put in a filter
> to bounce these unsubscribes back with instructions on how to correctly
> leave the list.
I have to agree with Leon. What we are seeing is merely a temporary
increase in misdirected "unsubscribe" messages.
> > The old system certainly had its problems: messages would regularly
> > disappear up Sun's ether, never to be seen on the list, and I often
> > wouldn't receive any messages for a couple of days, and then would
> > receive a ton at once. The digest was even more erratic!
>
> I can't say I've ever had these troubles -- perhaps you should check
> your service provider?
I have always seen a steady stream of messages from this list. As
messages arrive timely in both Australia and Denmark, which are
directly (very close) opposite on the globe, everybody in between
ought to see similar performance or have a chat with thier provider.
We return to our regular Java3D programming...
/Bo Bai
