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

Wed Jan 2 22:51:00 2002

At 07:54 AM 1/2/02, you wrote:

Er, Robby;
Yes I'm doing  something vaguely like I want to do , as a metal molester 
for a living...
But there's no such thing as a retirement for the likes of me....
Unless you mean getting tired over and over again.....Pete

>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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