Re: mail delivery time on nanog-l (was Re: Die thread, DIE!)

[Richard A Steenbergen <ras () e-gerbil net>]

On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 10:38:05PM -0700, Majdi S. Abbas wrote:
>       Are the contents of the nanog list so incredibly important  
> that we must get delivery within 5 minutes or less?  If it takes
> longer than 5 minutes to propagate, do you get your post free?

I've seen it be better, and I've also seen it be a lot worse. But if
speeding up the mail delivery time can stop the endless supply of useless
replies to things which have already been addressed, I'd suggest it's
worth it.

>       Oh wait, the list is already free...hmm.  If you want 
> near-instantaneous mail delivery, you can have it -- for a fee.
> As in all things, you get what you pay for.

And that $300 minimum * 500 people = $150k * 3 = $750k/yr charged at
meetings, that doesn't count?

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