I have always presumed that *everyone* was subject to typically-at-least-one-hour delay. Is there anyone out there that gets emails from this list in near real time ? If so, what are you doing differently from the rest of us?
/Scott Ballinger Pareto Corporation Edmonds WA USA 206 713 6006 On Nov 26, 2007 11:44 AM, Perry Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also experience the "hour or so" response time getting emails from > this list. I would love to see this situation remedied. > > Perry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 11:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] Time Travel > > I have to add my two bits. Okay, I don't 'have' to... > > I use the exact same email group software (majordomo 1.94.5) on my > 'home' > system with over 7000 subscribers to over 180 different email groups. > Our > groups never see the delays the members of this group see, so with all > due > respect, there's something different happening that's causing the lags. > We > often see as many as 200 emails a second going out of our server, which > is > an 800mghz PIII with 120GB disk, no mirroring (I know, bad idea) and > running fedora core 4 (old...). Our group members get their emails back > within seconds, literally. I send an email to this group, and it > sometimes > takes an hour or so before I see it come back to me. I send an email to > one of my groups at home, and I get it back within seconds. > > Now then, with that said, I've also added bulk_mailer to my email group > server so maybe that speeds things up a great deal. I don't know. I did > it > so I would quit getting the annoying 'too many email connections from > your > server' errors I see from aol, hotmail, msn, yahoo, netscape, netzero, > juno, gmail, . . . ad infinitum of the 'big' email hosts. > > My point? none really, other than to show that Charles' nice numerically > explained _time travel_ doesn't match my real-life experience with my > own > majordomo server... > > I don't know why, they just aren't the same. > > Karl > > <quote who="Symeon Breen"> > > Or upgrade to a forum based group - just my standard gripe about email > > lists ;) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Moderator > > Sent: 26 November 2007 06:03 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [U2] Time Travel > > > > To fix this problem, you'd have to > > redesign the methods under which the internet manages and routes mail. > > > > - Charles Barouch, Moderator > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > > > > -- > Karl Pearson > Director of I.T. > ATS Industrial Supply, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.atsindustrial.com > 800-789-9300 x29 > Local: 801-978-4429 > Fax: 801-972-3888 > > "To mess up your Linux PC, you have to really work at it; > to mess up a microsoft PC you just have to work on it." > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. ZirMed, Inc. has strict policies regarding the > content of e-mail communications, specifically Protected Health Information, > any communications containing such material will be returned to the > originating party with such advisement noted. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies > of the original message. > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
