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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
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Subject: Re: Minutes ... (nntpxmit)
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Date: 3 Jul 89 14:42:39 GMT
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From article <1884@papaya.bbn.com>, by rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz):
> The next topic was running NNTPXMIT.  Most people run it every 30 to 60
> minutes, a few run it every one to 10 minutes, and Scott Bradner at
> Harvard runs it continuously.  **Care to post your script that does this,
> Scott?**  After pleading from Erik Fair, most people agreed to run it more
> often.  **Please run NNTPXMIT at least every 10 minutes.**

What is the reason for this?  To reduce average propagation time?  To
increase size of already-large log files?

Paul DuBois
dubois@primate.wisc.edu