Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!chinet!ignatz
From: ignatz@chinet.chi.il.us (Dave Ihnat)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Too much cross-posting?
Summary: Mail volume *is* subject to scrutiny...
Keywords: Email, volume
Message-ID: <8986@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 17 Jul 89 19:47:30 GMT
References: <674@whizz.uucp> <159@zorch.UU.NET> <696@whizz.uucp> <490@manta.pha.pa.us> <170@zorch.UU.NET>
Reply-To: ignatz@chinet.chi.il.us (Dave Ihnat)
Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix
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In article <170@zorch.UU.NET> scott@zorch.UU.NET (Scott Hazen Mueller) writes:
>
>And before anyone suggests that a mailing list still makes other sites (those
>on the mail paths) carry our load, let me point out that *mail* traffic
>through a site is carried without question.

Not true, my friend.  I, and others I know, run UUCP statistics programs and
scripts (such a uucp.stat, traffic, etc.) and watch for abusers.  I've
identified excessive volume users--1Mb or more per week--and informed them that
if they want to move that volume of mail, they should arrange direct links.

Many sites agree to unrestricted Email forwarding because it tends to be a
reasonable number of low-volume messages; these same sites may not be able to
support USENET, either because they've only low-speed modems (<=2400BPS),
limited disk space and/or CPU cycles, or limited telephone budgets.  People who
route high-volume, regular mailing lists through such sites without prior
agreement are anti-social in the extreme, and may properly expect objection
from the site managers.

		Dave Ihnat
		ignatz@homebru.chi.il.us (preferred return address)
		ignatz@chinet.chi.il.us