6 Mar
2005
6 Mar
'05
3:43 p.m.
Jay West wrote:
2) I changed the max time in queue for any message
(outbound) to 35
minutes. This means the server will try to send email to you once, then
again 30 minutes later, and then it will just give up on you. It won't
unsubscribe you at that point, it takes like 7 days of bounces to get
you unsubbed. But it won't try to send you any given list post more than
twice now. Same reason as above.
My 2p-worth on it, which you may not want to hear from a relative newcomer.
BUT - and it's a big but, so let's say it again - BUT!
Do any of us pay for this mailing list?
I personally don't. I think that Jay does a great job under difficult
conditions - particularly the last month, which by the sound of it has
mostly been firefighting - and we should all be grateful there's a list
at all.
How often do you have as much as half an hour's downtime? I personally
think the timeout should be longer, perhaps four hours or so. I can
understand the arguments for short and the arguments for long. I've run
plenty of mail servers, fixed more than a few others, and even written
one (long since dead, thank goodness - it was utter shite and I am
embarrassed to even look for the disks these days).
If I have a period of lossage greater than half an hour, then I will go
and check if I'm still subscribed. If not, I'll just resubscribe, and
check the archives in my Copious Free Time. Maybe I'll even post a mail
to the list saying "I was unsubbed for a while there, did anyone say
anything relevant to me?"
If this happens often enough that resubbing becomes a nuisance, then I
will consider subscribing with a more reliable email address. I have
masses of Gmail invites. Please feel free to ask if you want one.
As I say, just my thoughts on it.
Gordon JC Pearce.