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|    Ward Dossche to Andy Gorman    |
|    Re: Polling systems    |
|    14 Oct 21 11:28:05    |
      MSGID: 2:292/854 0f251a63       REPLY: 1:229/426.52 ac0a4f8a       TZUTC: 0020       Andy,               AG> I was wondering if anyone had any best practices for setting up polling       AG> of other systems.               Pretty common in the days of PSTN, pretty useless in the days of IP.               A call costs nothing anymore, so whenever you have something go deliver it.       It's the fastest way of moving the Mail around.               There's a bunch of guys polling here to check if there's mail waiting for them       although I explained so many times it's useless as it has already been       delivered.               There's a guy from Germany polling here at least once an hour for the past 20+       years. It's a clear demonstration of not understanding how it works.               AG> Just curious on how the verterans handle this.               You're talking to #1 here re: D'bridge ...                \%/@rd              --- DB4 - Oct 12 2021        * Origin: Hou het veilig, hou vol. Het komt allemaal weer goed (2:292/854)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 14/0 90/1 105/81 114/709 120/340 123/131 129/305 203/0       SEEN-BY: 221/1 226/30 227/114 702 229/424 426 428 450 550 664 700       SEEN-BY: 230/0 240/5832 249/1 206 317 400 280/464 282/1038 292/140       SEEN-BY: 292/789 854 8125 301/1 317/3 322/757 335/364 342/200 410/9       SEEN-BY: 633/280       PATH: 292/854 229/426           |
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