RE: [expert] FW: xfree86 RPM not found

[John Aldrich]

On Sun, 09 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> 
> Another question, can you tell me why it takes 3-8 hours for a message to
> show up. Is this thing moderated? It is too bad it is if that is it. It
> takes so long to get messages. Most mailing lists I use show a message
> within 30 seconds or less.
> It is a sad commentary on behaviour when a list must be moderated.
> 
> 
The server is probably overloaded. Think about how many messages pass
through it per day... must be THOUSANDS of messages and they all have
to get repackaged and resent. :-)
        John