On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote: > On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 03:59:33AM -0400, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Gavin Sherry wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > It occurs to me that opening web page on www.postgresql.org, asking the > > > user to select the mirror, is rather unprofessional. I am sure this has > > > been discussed before but I thought I would bring it up again anyway. > > > > Your point? > > > > > So, why not just redirect people to one of the mirrors listed? This could > > > be done based on IP (yes it is inaccurate but it is close enough and has > > > the same net effect: pushing people off the main web server) or it could > > > be done by simply redirecting to a random mirror. > > > > Been there, done that, didn't work. Too much of a job to keep track of > > that many IP blocks too. > > > I'd suggest setting a cookie, so I only see the 'pick a mirror' the > first time. And provide a link to 'pick a different mirror' that resets > or ignores the cookie.
Or choose the mirror that works best for you and bookmark it. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pop4.net 56K Nationwide Dialup from $16.00/mo at Pop4 Networking http://www.camping-usa.com http://www.cloudninegifts.com http://www.meanstreamradio.com http://www.unknown-artists.com ========================================================================== ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
