Peter M. Weiss +1 814 863 1843 writes:
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>Yes, SHORTHDR will help.
 
Man, it sure did.  Header overhead went from 50-55 lines to 15 lines per
message.  On a moderately large list like mine (500 subscribers, 25-35
messages a day) that's a major savings.  It speeded up the distribution
of messages dramatically.  I announced it to my list ahead of time, and
no one has complained yet.  So far, highly recommended for anybody
concerned with throughput (and who isn't?).
 
 
>So will DIGEST.
 
About a hundred susbcribers are on the digest, but I definitely wouldn't
want to kill the real time discussion by setting the whole list to
digest.  Or are you referring to something else?
 
 
>If your server is
>being dragged down, consider non-prime time distributions
>(a list definition keyword).  Effectively, a DIGEST distribution
>can do a non-prime time mailing too.
 
My list is fully moderated, and therefore I avoid primetime distribution
as a matter of course.  I do this to keep the server performance during
the day acceptable to the people who acually own it.  What I was seeing
was major delays at 2am.  The SHORTHDR change has completely revitalized
the list and decreased distribution time to less than an hour, and
sometimes just a few minutes.
 
 
>Depending upon how chatty the list is designed to be, you
>might consider REPLY-TO= SENDER,RESPECT.  This will tend to cut
>down on list distributions.
 
As the list is moderated, personal messages are not distributed, period.
Only items of wide interest, and exactly on-topic, are approved.  I do
have the REPLY-TO set just as you suggest, but that's so that I can set
the Reply-To on messages I approve (such as for people asking for private
response to a public question).
 
Thanks for the advice, Peter.
 
Dave
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