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Re: Mail forwarding ?
From:
Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Sun, 2 Feb 1997 04:37:29 GMT
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On Sat, 1 Feb 1997 17:48:43 -0500, Gilles Frydman <[log in to unmask]>
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>1 Feb 1997 17:54:00 Done - 1 job (6 rcpts), 1 outbound file (16 rcpts).
>
>Why is the mail forwarded to 6 recipients at PLUM.EASE.LSOFT.COM?
>To whom does it go?

You are prying under the hood of a smooth running car engine.  You are
seeing LISTSERV's DISTRIBUTE function at work.  Briefly, instead of your
host sending 1 email message to everyone on your list, LISTSERV figures
out that x number of recipients are all 'near' another LISTSERV host
site.

So your LISTSERV sends a 'Job' consisting of 1 copy of the message, and
the list of the x recipients to that other host with instructions that
say 'Please forward this msg to these addresses local to you.'

This is a very simplified explanation of a complex mechanism, but is one
of the 'secrets' of LISTSERV's power to widely distribute msgs with
maximum network efficiency.

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 Ben Parker ............ (Oak Park IL) .......... [log in to unmask]

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