[Mailman-Developers] AOL's requirements for spam complaints

[Chuq Von Rospach]

On Jan 30, 2004, at 4:59 AM, Brad Knowles wrote:

>>  Sorry, I don't buy this argument. If you have two choices: use
>>  more CPU time and network, or improve the end-user experience,
>>  choosing "less work for the computer" is almost always the wrong
>>  answer.
>
> 	You know damn good and well that this is not a CPU issue.  This is a 
> disk I/O capacity issue (synchronous meta-data updates).

fair cop. you're right, Brad. I was tired, didn't think it through. But 
I still think the user experience issues trump the Network/disk issues. 
we're here to make life easier for people, not computers.

> 	You've got a significant increase in demand along three separate 
> axes, without a corresponding increase in capacity.  Something has to 
> give.  We have to be more intelligent about how we deliver those 
> messages, or the entire system grinds to a halt.

yup. and trust me, some of us are working on that part, too...