On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:11:55 +0930, Rod Whitby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Q: How long has there been duplicates on the Openmoko mailing lists? > A: Since the list got so big that sita.openmoko.org can't handle it. > > Q: How long has that been? > A: At least a year, maybe more. > > Q: Has Openmoko done anything about it? > A: Doesn't seem so. Must be a hard problem. > > Q: Is Openmoko likely to fix it? > A: If they haven't fixed it by now, then chances are they probably won't. > > Q: What should I do about it? > A: Don't email the list about - we all know already. > > Q: How can I fix it locally for me? > A: Get a mail reader that understands that a message with a duplicate > Message-Id header field doesn't need to be displayed to the user. > > Can we stop now? > > -- Rod
The problem with that approach is that the situation will only get worse - exponentially. If the proximate cause is load on the server, then the same messages being delivered 2-4 times just increases that load, which will cause more messages to suffer the same effect - increasing the load, et cetera ad immobilium. Filtering out dupes at the recipient end is effective for not seeing the dupes (if available to the subscriber) but the underlying problem gets continually worse, using up more server and network resources. (not even factoring in increasing numbers of subscribers and posters) I've built and administered dozens of mailservers at ISPs, processing at one point over a million SMTP connections a day, so I've got some idea how 'hard' the problem is. I also know what happens to servers and their resources when they're overtaxed. But even from a more general perspective, hiding a problem never makes it go away. I realize this thread is utterly off-topic of Openmoko support, and believe me I was hesitant to bring it up again for that reason. But it really DOES need to be fixed, and this list is a reliable way of reaching several persons at Openmoko, persons who presumably have observed the effect themselves and can grasp the problem. Even with every message in this thread, it's still less than the number of duplicate messages received in a day... ;) And if your mail reader is advanced enough to offer duplicate-removal, it likely lets you ignore selected threads as well. j _______________________________________________ support mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
