NODE afafca63Re: Anyone have the complete info on CP list alternatives?
Alan Barrett <apb@iafrica.com>Tue, 18 Feb 1997 09:11:27 -0800 (PST)
On 18 Feb 1997, Bryan Reece wrote:
> Filtering out other gateways' messages will reduce load at
> the possible expense of delay (assuming a smallish network of news
> servers that feed each other the list; obviously the message will
> flood the majordomo net before it floods the real usenet unless
> something is seriously broken).
Why is it obvious that mail propagation will be faster than news
propagation? News propagation times of small numbers of seconds are not
at all uncommon.
--apb (Alan Barrett)