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David, I'm running a few majordomo lists on a DSL link, and they're VERY fast... I haven't had any problems with messages coming in out of order, either. So, I think you'll find that this solves the problems. Of course, my lists only have 10-15 people on them... the volume of mail doesn't even compare to what you're doing... but I still think we'll see a dramatic improvement. :) I can't wait! :) On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, David Gibbs wrote: > > David, DSL is good news! However, I have to wonder, you'll still have an >ISP > > to deal with, won't you? How, then, does DSL allow you to "go direct"? > > Currently, mail sent to MIDRANGE.COM goes to my ISP to be queued up. > Every 5 minutes or so, I connect to my ISP to download the mail via > UUCP, process it, and queue it up to be sent back to the ISP. When > I send it back to the ISP, they do the actual sending of the messages > out to the internet. > > When I have DSL, the mail will be sent directly to midrange.com and > will be sent out directly from my system to your mail servers. The > ISP will no longer be in the mix. > > > Once the listservers are on DSL, will you also have more control of the > > sequence of messages arriving at subscribers' inboxes? In other words, >will I > > no longer receive replies to a message that arrives later than the reply > > itself? > > I think so. > > david +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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