On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 02:34:17AM +0200, Maarten van der Hoef wrote: > Every day I see multiple replies with the same suggestions just because > the repliers weren't able to see the latest reply. As hardware costs about > null > these days, I wouldn't know any other bottleneck (bandwidth, nehh ). > So what's the problem with this list ? > > Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy with this list, just curious about it's > big latency.
Your comment seems like it's wondering about the list server software and the machine on which it resides. Sure, that could be a factor. I don't know the specs on that, nor on the volume of this list. However, you have to consider that everyone on the list has another mailserver they get to deal with. So, if the listserver sends its mail to me and my DSL connection is down, it bounces. Try again in four hours. It's up? OK, it delivers. THat's 4 hours. I've noticed, running just shy of a dozen lower volume lists, that often some of the larger providers will just stop accepting mail. "Nope, I'm not going to take that mail. Try later". So, my list server queues it up and tries again four hours later. I've had instances where providers refuse mail for DAYS, though it's more often just hours. And then you have time zones. Funny how the people in Australia always seem to be so chipper when I'm so sleepy! No, sorry, you'll have to wait for my reply until I'm awake. And I'm not sure or not, but in most list servers, you can set your self up for 'digest mode' because you hate the inane babble repeatedly during the day, so you subject yourself to it only in one big massive dose so it feels less painful. To wonder about the list and people replying late is less a question of the server that's sending the mail out, as it's only ONE factor of many. I'd be confident that the list server is beefy enough for what it's being asked to do, though I could be wrong. Take yer pick as to why people 'reply late' to questions, but there's a lot of different answers as to why. (wondering how long ago you wrote your post and how much time has elapsed until my reply. Perhaps I should have waited a couple days, just for effect ;) j -- ================================================== + It's simply not | John Keimel + + RFC1149 compliant! | [EMAIL PROTECTED] + + | http://www.keimel.com + ==================================================