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"Noel P. Hart" <NHART@MITVMA> |
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Wed, 12 Apr 89 08:34:54 EDT |
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>On Sun, 9 Apr 89 01:42:02 GMT Niall O'Reilly said:
>>On Tue, 4 Apr 89 15:35:51 EST Harold Pritchett said:
>>>> Would the postmasters on this forum accept a restriction on the
>>>>use of XEDIT on the lists in order to gain better performance? I know
>>>>that it's a hot topic - some people ONLY use XEDIT, never GET+PUT :-)
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>>>Absolutely! We may just have to teach a few old dogs some new tricks. If
>>>it will improve performance you can save the thing as a TEXT file...
>>>
>>>Harold
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>>Amen!
>>Niall
>Ok, I'll concede, but only if the format is documented. I do bulk updates
>to several lists, and before I do them, I compare them to the list
>to prevent them from being reapplied. It improves performance even more
>if you don't have to do the work period. When I'm adding a hundred or
>more names to a list, this can have significant impact. Listserv is one
>of the few applications we are having size problems with. I've got
>two lists here that have over a 1,000 subscribers, an dI have over 14,000
>names in the SIGNUP FILE. Small performance gains can mean a lot,
>but to slightly change a phrase:
> "There's no work like no work"
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>Harry
No !
We do not have a performance problem with LISTSERV.
But if you are going to do it, I would like it to be an installation
option as to which format I want to use for my lists (XEDITable or Other)
Noel
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