Hello Marck, On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:33:29 +0100 GMT (02/08/02, 18:33 +0700 GMT), Marck D Pearlstone wrote:
MDP> So, at 1KB/sec that means a .775 second overhead per message to you. MDP> That's ¤ 0.000222 per message. At a hundred messages per day, this stays within affordability range for me. <phew> I thought I would have to unsub due to high cost. MDP> When the smallest posting is 2259 bytes and the average looks to be MDP> around 3480, 775 bytes added by headers and footers represents a MDP> 28.65% average overhead. That is significant. I am willing to increase the size of the posting in order to get the percentage down. - This is meant in an ironic way, as I do not believe in statistics and percentages (I wrote too many management reports, all of which sounded positive as percentages where my main tool. But that is OT here). That is why I asked for the absolute figure, which gives me something "real" to play with. TF>> But at least we haven't had a "unsubscribe" message to the list TF>> (followed by long threads consisting of flames and ridicule) for a TF>> while. MDP> One very good reason for that is that the server is primed to MDP> intercept the simpler versions of these and throw the out for MDP> moderation. I see quite a few. I didn't know that. Well, Allie has offered to write a web page, and while I believe that it will cause more problems, my point can only be proven (or disproven) by actually trying it. I vote for Allie to go ahead, but we should limit the test to a certain length of time and then come back and compare. The comprison should include the unsub messages the list doesn't see. I am sure we will come back to "The Footer" after the set period of testing time. <g> MDP> I agree although we added the headers because this is the TB list and MDP> TB features support for these headers. We *should* use them here, if MDP> only to show them off ;-). I agree with this. -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. -- Redd Foxx Message reply created with The Bat! 1.62/Beta1 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.61 FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/
