[AJD] Delayed posts, but credit to Spencer

Bruce Mahr martian at winco.net
Thu Jan 20 17:58:24 PST 2005


Steve: I agree with you!

Bruce Mahr
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Treimer" <steelerhawk at yahoo.com>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
<antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:59 AM
Subject: [AJD] Delayed posts, but credit to Spencer


> Guy and Duane,
>
> I suspect that between his e-mail filters (to prevent spam), firewalls
> (to prevent hackers), and anti-virus (to prevent crashing) software
> running in union to both receive and repost messages between (what is
> it, 8?) message groups, this is the reason for the large slow down.  If
> he only has one server and not a commercial internet connection, his
> CPU is probably running 100% most of the time and his bandwidth to and
> from his ISP is probably maxed out.
>
> I'm amazed at how great and professional of a job he has been able to
> do without charging or receiving money from external sponsors.  It's
> better than snail mail and long-distance phone calls...
>
> Steve
>
>
> --- Guy Fay <fayguyma at execpc.com> wrote:
>
>> I think it's the general Internet problem of mail getting slower, not
>>
>> just these lists. I do see slower return times on the main ATIS lists
>>
>> than the specific by makes. I also notice that the spam filter I get
>> through my provider seems to have an effect as well- when it lets
>> more
>> spam through, it's faster, but the more it catches, it slows up the
>> rest
>> of the mail.
>> Guy Fay
>>
>> Dee Schuyler wrote:
>>
>> > Well I spoke offline with Dean this morning and he had pretty much
>> the
>> > same thing to add.
>> > I guess I will continue to read the mail for a while but I am about
>>
>> > burned out on posting.
>> > Guess I will see what else is active?
>> > Thanks for your reply  Duane
>> > Dee
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duane Larson"
>> <jdlarson at comcast.net>
>> > To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
>> > <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 6:37 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [AJD] Delayed posts
>> >
>> >
>> >> Dee,
>> >> I have also raised this issue (perhaps too many times) but nothing
>>
>> >> has been
>> >> done.  Exactly for your reasons I watch but don't participate much
>>
>> >> anymore
>> >> on this list.  Too frustrating.  Spencer (or someone) posted some
>> >> transfer
>> >> times recently but they sure don't seem to apply to most things I
>> >> respond
>> >> to.  If I knew that the problem was on my end I could do something
>>
>> >> about it,
>> >> but I don't know where it is.  The average daily traffic on this
>> list
>> >> seems
>> >> to have decreased in the last 4-5 years as this delay problem has
>> gotten
>> >> worse - you are probably right, folks have transferred to the
>> other JD
>> >> discussion forums.
>> >> Duane Larson
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dee Schuyler"
>> <web22hsz at verizon.net>
>> >> To: "antique-johndeere at atis.net"
>> >> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> >> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 7:16 PM
>> >> Subject: [AJD] Delayed posts
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> You know guy's I responded to a post that I received just about
>> noon
>> >>> our
>> >>> time (West Coast) I received the same message at 4:00 Actually I
>> >>> responded
>> >>> to two posts one on drain plugs, and one on tie down chains I
>> still
>> >>> have
>> >>
>> >> not
>> >>
>> >>> seen the one on tie down's yet but it may come along sometime?
>> >>> You know I belong to several other groups and if the messages are
>> not
>> >>
>> >> posted
>> >>
>> >>> in just seconds something is wrong. But Atis in my opinion is
>> really
>> >>> out
>> >>> there!
>> >>> It is upsetting to me to respond to a post, that has not been
>> >>> answered but
>> >>> by the time mine show's up it has been answered several times,
>> and I
>> >>> end
>> >>
>> >> up
>> >>
>> >>> looking like I  have not been paying attention to anything!
>> >>> I wonder if this could have anything to do with the lack of
>> posters
>> >>> here
>> >>> lately?
>> >>> West coast time  now 4:15
>> >>> Dee
>> >>>
>> >>>
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