[Nottingham] Too much traffic

[Duncan John Fyfe]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Richard Nolan wrote:

> Steve Caddy said :
> > No, they're not, because each message has to be emailed to each member
> > on the list. If the number of users increases or the number of messages
> > increases, the overall traffic on the lists server rises with a N^2
> > complexity. A forum's traffic would be closer to linear.
>
> What about large amounts of associated rubbish which is loaded via
> forums? HTML formatting.. any images.. the cost of the server executing
> loads of scripts.. user annoyance with graphical smilies.. :)
>
>

I like the fact this is the 10th longest thread in the archive ;)
Keep it up lads.  Only another 25 messages to go to equal the longest.

Have fun,
Duncan

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