On Tuesday 13 August 2002 11:22 pm, Will Galloway wrote:
>
> I posted this to developers, and got a deafening silence. I hope this is
> a
> more appropriate list.
> I admin a ~1000 member outdoor activities list hosted at pair.com
> ("pairlist"),
> so I don't get to see the gory stuff, just the web interface. The size
> threshold
> trigger for daily digests stopped working last year, and I understand
> unoffically
> that it was a server loading issue that caused this. The server in
> question
> handles several hundred lists. Since our list has quite a bit of time
> sensitive info,
> and variable traffic levels, this feature is very important. Is there
> any
> change in
> the handling of this feature in 2.1.x that would reduce the CPU
> requirements?
> Or anything that pair can try to clean up their implementation to fix
> it?The new version runs a daemon that handles the mail for the lists. It is more efficient than the current cron induced qrunner triggers; but I don't think that the resources saved will be that significant. You should probably upgrade your server (better processor and a SCSI disk sub-system). Even if the resources are stretched, the new version should do a better job of handling the checks for sending out Digests. > > Other stuff: > Duplicate and frivolous subscriptions are annoying, and a "discard" > option > for > sub. requests would be much appreciated. Awareness of a pre-existing > sub. > request from the same address should be implemented. Rejection just > confuses > legitimate (albeit impatient) subscribers, and encourages people who are Available in the new version > > messing around to keep trying. In the same vein, the ability to > modify/eliminate > the default rejection message for posts would avoid antagonizing people > who > need coaching now and then. If true moderation and customization of all > the > various messages is forthcoming, then that's ideal. Also available in the new version ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/
