On 2019 Feb 15 10:48:06, you wrote to Wilfred van Velzen:   
      
    ON> True for Fidonet - however, other networks I am on push hundreds of   
    ON> messages per poll. But, I only poll them 2 or 3 times a day - and they are   
    ON> extremely active. No problem.   
      
   imagine what it'll be like when you get a """real setup""" going (J/K!) where   
   you are in a "crash me, crash you" configuration such that pkts and tics/files   
   are processed immediately on arrival... my old system used to process mail   
   once an hour before it became a tier 1 mail hub... it spent a lot of time   
   processing mail... especially since it was also only 800Mhz... my new setup   
   processes the mail and files as soon as they come in... "WOW!" doesn't even   
   begin to cover the experiance of seeing messages come in, being fully   
   processed, and sent out to all my linked systems in less than 30 seconds... i   
   have some stats around here somewhere that i need to figure out how to process   
   and look at in a more human readable format...   
      
   i haven't seen changes in speed like that since going from a 486-40 to a   
   200mhz pentium ii and then again from the pii to 800mhz whatever cpu i was   
   running... that system didn't want to come back up after Hurricane Florence   
   came through here so i had a choice... stay offline or set up a new system...   
   i finally decided to make another VM and install a new setup there... it is   
   ubuntu server 18.04 LTS with no GUI crap on it... i ended up choosing   
   synchronet BBS (aka sbbs) for the job over a few others that i had looked   
   at... it has performed admirably here and as i get more used to it, i can   
   contribute fixes back upstream or make mods available for others if they want   
   them... i couldn't really do that before... plus it gives me something to do   
   during this downtime until the weather clears and construction jobs come back   
   to life...   
      
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   wrong...   
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