Message-Id: <10572.113244@fatcity.com> From: Alex Hillman Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 10:28:42 -0400 Subject: RE: listserv is very slow This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFF8A0.2132F030 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I suggested to Jared Steel some time ago that maybe it is better to have a small subscription fee (maybe waived for people from poor countries) and to have commercial provider. I would gladly pay some reasonable amount of money to subscribe. Alex Hillman -----Original Message----- From: Scott Shafer [mailto:scott.shafer@ildmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 9:57 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: listserv is very slow I believe the list owner sent a mail a while back addressing this. IIRC, the Fatcity server caches messages and sends them out in a "burst" to keep list overhead down... ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 4:05 AM > > Why not to move the list to a free and more reliable provider > > like egroups.com ? > > > Andreas > > Reliable!?. I am a moderator on a personal list hosted on egroups > to whom I don't pay. Some times I don't receive e-mails while all > other in group do. This has happened several times to all the members > of our group. > > Bhat > -- > Author: > INET: LBhat@LEVI.com > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Author: Scott Shafer INET: scott.shafer@ildmail.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). ------_=_NextPart_001_01BFF8A0.2132F030 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: listserv is very slow

I suggested to Jared Steel some time ago that maybe = it is better to have a small subscription fee (maybe waived for people = from poor countries) and to have commercial provider. I would gladly = pay some reasonable amount of money to subscribe.

Alex Hillman

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Shafer [mailto:scott.shafer@ildmail.com= ]
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 9:57 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: listserv is very slow


I believe the list owner sent a mail a while back = addressing this.  IIRC,
the Fatcity server caches messages and sends them = out in a "burst" to keep
list overhead down...


----- Original Message -----
To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" = <ORACLE-L@fatcity.com>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 4:05 AM


> > Why not to move the list to a free and more = reliable provider
> > like egroups.com ?
>
> > Andreas
>
> Reliable!?.  I am a moderator on a = personal list hosted on egroups
> to whom I don't pay.  Some times I don't = receive e-mails while all
> other in group do.  This has happened = several times to all the members
> of our group.
>
> Bhat
> --
> Author:
>   INET: LBhat@LEVI.com
>
> Fat City Network Services    -- = (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051
> San Diego, = California        -- Public Internet = access / Mailing Lists
> = --------------------------------------------------------------------
> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send = an E-Mail message
> to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling = of 'ListGuru') and in
> the message BODY, include a line containing: = UNSUB ORACLE-L
> (or the name of mailing list you want to be = removed from).  You may
> also send the HELP command for other = information (like subscribing).

--
Author: Scott Shafer
  INET: scott.shafer@ildmail.com

Fat City Network Services    -- (858) = 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, = California        -- Public Internet = access / Mailing Lists
---------------------------------------------------------------= -----
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an = E-Mail message
to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of = 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB = ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed = from).  You may