Re: List response time...

Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> writes:
> The best thing to do is simply to expect propagation delay.

Actually, I just sent a gripe off to Marc about this. I've been
noticing large and variable propagation delay for a few months now,
but I just today realized that the problem is entirely local to hub.org.
For example, look at the headers on your message:

Received: from postgresql.org (webmail.postgresql.org [216.126.85.28])
by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f7LJKpY10196
for <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 15:20:51 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from postgresql.org.org (webmail.postgresql.org [216.126.85.28])
by postgresql.org (8.11.3/8.11.4) with SMTP id f7LJKpP46374;
Tue, 21 Aug 2001 15:20:52 -0400 (EDT)
(envelope-from pgsql-hackers-owner+M12441(at)postgresql(dot)org)
Received: from www.wgcr.org (www.wgcr.org [206.74.232.194])
by postgresql.org (8.11.3/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f7LHxnP15711
for <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 13:59:49 -0400 (EDT)
(envelope-from lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org)
Received: from lowen.wgcr.org (IDENT:lowen(at)[10(dot)1(dot)2(dot)3])
by www.wgcr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/WGCR) with SMTP id NAA25357;
Tue, 21 Aug 2001 13:59:40 -0400

All the delay seems to be in transferring the message from
postgresql.org to webmail.postgresql.org ... which are the same
machine, or at least the same IP address. What's up with that?

regards, tom lane