From: nospam.Wilfred.van.Velzen@f464.n280.z2.fidonet.org   
      
   Hi Nicholas,   
      
   On 2022-04-17 09:00:40, you wrote to me:   
      
    NB>>> Not sure what to tell you. Anything I write should leave here to   
    NB>>> all links at roughly the same time. Does the order of callouts   
    NB>>> have anything to do with how you list nodes in binkd.conf? If so,   
    NB>>> my list starts with 1: and 2: is further down the list in   
    NB>>> numerical order. Otherwise, who knows.   
      
    WV>> It of course depends on in what order your tosser presents the files   
    WV>> to binkd. But besides that it should handle most of the outgoing mail   
    WV>> in parallel, unless you have your maxclients set to a low value...   
      
    WV>> But your log should be able to tell you what happend (if you're   
    WV>> interested enough ;-))...   
      
    NB> Besides what is already out in the open, the other things I can think of   
    NB> is   
    NB> (1) an issue that I'm in the process of resolving is that 301/1 connects   
    NB> here about 1500 times per day, and roughly 1450 of them are failed   
    NB> connections.. This I can't really do anything about until I get a   
    NB> response,   
    NB> and (2) with over 100 links, if 1 or more of them are down and maxclients   
    NB> is set to a low number, it delays as long as it takes for the connection   
    NB> to   
    NB> timeout - which can also hold things up quite a bit. Every once in awhile   
    NB> I   
    NB> look into this and remove dead or unresponsive links. What else more can I   
    NB> say?   
      
   This sounds like a very plausible cause for what I've seen happening.   
      
    NB> I don't remember why I originally set my maxclients to a lower value,   
    NB> but something not happening the way I wanted it to in the past made me   
    NB> do it. That said, I've raised it for now to see if it makes things   
    NB> faster. However, if I start having other issues because of it.. 4   
    NB> minutes in transit is still better than a week or more via snail mail.   
    NB> ;)   
      
   Indeed... I just found it odd. In the end it doesn't really matter if mail   
   comes in via another longer route, as long as it comes in... ;-)   
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
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