Thanks, all!
Dave Ihnat wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 11:00:03AM -0800, Hidong Kim wrote: > > But back to the technical problem, how does sending e-mails to multiple > > people eat up more bandwidth than placing the e-mail in a directory > > for download? Assuming that all of the recipients of the e-mail > > are interested in reading the attachment, it seems to me that both > > scenarios would consume the same bandwidth. No? Thanks, > > Well, it's very different for several reasons. > > First, as has been pointed out, when E-mailed, willy-nilly the mail server > is going to get hit with moving all the attachments at the same time. > Even assuming every single intended recipient really not only wants > to see the attachment, but wants to download their own, personal copy, > this will still be spread out over time as people get to it. > > Secondly, it'll be the file server, not the mail server, carrying the > load--usually better suited to the task, and less visible. > > Third, most people WON'T want their own copy--they'll probably open it > over the network, meaning that depending on the content, it'll be loaded > more sporadically, reducing the instantaneous network bandwidth required; > and there won't be local copies chewing up disk space. (This last will > happen more reliably if people are confident that the single network > copy is safe and accessable; if they think it's going to get deleted in > a few days, they're more likely to snag a copy.) > > Finally, out of any particular group mailing, a fair number of people > simply won't care, taking them out of the resource-hogging pool. > > Cheers, > -- > Dave Ihnat > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
