[TheForge] Fwd: Re: Missing Posts on TheForge mail list

Wed Jan 2 10:56:29 2002

Dave,

Thanks for including Al Waller's message to you concerning the problems.

I had to chuckle because Al brought back memories of my working life before
retiring five years ago. That drive to get it done first and then enjoy life
later is what has built our country, in my opinion. At the end of his
message Al says "life is good", he is right, but only until the next problem
rears it's head. Then it is back to getting it done first once more. That is
unless one is retired, then there is the luxury of occasionally putting it
off until tomorrow. But, that luxury must be used sparingly or a person will
be up to his belt buckle in alligators very quickly, just like before
retirement. I guess there is really no way to live a tranquil life, even in
retirement, unless a person just does what needs to be done first and then
relaxes later. So what good is retirement? My answer is that it lets a
person concentrate on things that interest him and not things that must be
done to put bread on the table. A few people and a lot of professional
blacksmiths are lucky enough to make their life's work the thing that
interests them. The work not only satisfies their soul but puts bread on the
table as well. The rest of us have to wait for retirement. Life is good,
happy and prosperous 2002.

Thanks,

Robby
Robby Armstrong
[email protected]
(Brownsboro Alabama, located near Huntsville)

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Dave Brown
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 10:56 AM
To: ABANA's TheForge e-mail list
Subject: [TheForge] Fwd: Re: Missing Posts on TheForge mail list

I just received this message from the mailing list server's owner Al
Waller.  I thought all of you would want to know about this as it explains
why some postings seem to have been missed the last day or so.  But, they
are in the archives.

It sounds like the problem is fixed, and for the better at that.

Dave Brown

>Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 09:35:59 -0500
>To: Dave Brown <[email protected]>
>From: "Alan L. Waller" <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: Missing Posts on TheForge mail list
>
>Dave,
>
>I had an issue with the new software that has been bugging the heck out of
>me. The queing for messages was reversed....<snip> ... instead of first in
>being first out ( FIFO).  It was doing last in first out (LIFO), so the
>busier the system ( I host about 1000 lists on this server) the slower the
>delivery took. Up to 24 hours at peak loads.
>
>So I rewrote some code..... <snip> ... after fixing the que the way I
>thought it should work, I dumped all the existing queued messages so it
>would now FIFO instead of LIFO. Probably the reason for the missing mail
>and my apologies for that.
>
>So (while the wife was pissed at me for missing dinner out and the movie I
>promised her) I  then redid the mail program for the server by
>adding  a  25 channel mail que instead of the 1 that is normal. I got
>about a 600% throughput from that.
>
>So far nothing else seems broken.
>
>I got 6 hours of sleep, I am now off to buy roses.....life is good.
>
>
>Happy New Year,
>
>Al
>
>

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