From: Craig A Summerhill (craig@cni.org)
Date: Mon Mar 29 1999 - 14:35:54 CST
On 27 Mar 1999, Glen Stewart <hypermail_www@associate.com> wrote:
>
> Lastly, I'd like to highly recommend changing the LOCK file timeout
> from 1 hour to 60 seconds. When a huge rush of mail comes in for any
> single mailbox, all the HyperMail processes stack up and contend for
> output, but they only cycle once an hour. Cycling once/minute has
> been VERY effective here.
I agree that one hour is probably too long for lists which have a
large traffic level. How much work would it be to make this a
configurable variable which could be set in the .hmrc file?
-- Craig A. Summerhill, Systems Coordinator and Program Officer Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 Internet: craig@cni.org AT&Tnet (202) 296-5098