Re: [O] Delays in mailing list server?

[Sebastien Vauban]

Hi Nick,

Nick Dokos wrote:
> I replied to Fil earlier through the list (not sure if the direct reply
> to him got there quickly) and it took a long time for the round-trip
> through the list server to get back to me:
>
> ,----
> | ...
> | Received: from localhost ([::1]:59909 helo=lists.gnu.org)
> |     by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
> |     (envelope-from <address@hidden>)
> |     id 1QXDNL-0008Ik-MT
> |     for address@hidden; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:16:51 -0400
> | Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35691)
> |     by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
> |     (envelope-from <address@hidden>) id 1QXCnI-0006kD-J9
> |     for address@hidden; Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:39:38 -0400
> | ...
> `----
>
> It looks as if it bounced around lists.gnu.org for 36 minutes or so.
> Anybody else seeing these delays?

I can't comment on the ML delays, as I'm reading these posts thru Gmane. But I
can tell I often see very looong delays (many hours, sometimes) -- though I'm
never able to tell who's the culprit.

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban