On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:36:01PM -0600, Jason Pepas wrote: > On Thursday 30 January 2003 06:15 pm, Michael Wardle wrote: > > Hi > > > > I've only recently subscribed to debian-user, and I notice that I > > receive messages sent to the list 4 or 5 hours after they have been > > sent. Among other things, this typically results in several identical > > responses to a question, as subscribers are unaware that somebody has > > already responded. I do not notice this on any other mailing lists. > > > > I suspect this issue has been raised previously, but I can't find any > > mention of it in a FAQ or in recent list posting. > > > > Is this a known problem, and is there anything that can be done to > > improve the speed of the Debian mailing lists?
I'm sure if someone donated a more powerful machine and more bandwidth, it would help. I've some opinions for slowness: 1) Overall crappiness of the Internet due to the exploit du jour. 2) time of day: the list seems slower during US working hours (but this might be my imagination). I know I've posted at 3 am and have seen my post within minutes (actually seconds but you'd never believe me :-) 3) People increase the load by posting over and over!! How stupid. ''Dr., it hurts when I do this to my arm.' 'Then don't do that'' -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. -- Plato -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
