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<blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1490986" data-attributes="member: 13098">Hmm, I will leap into the fray here.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />OK, I did not get Morrus' email notification on shutting down the subscription emails.&nbsp; I did read it from Piratecat in the Ceramic DM thread.&nbsp; I am not getting instantaneous notifications of threads that I am subscribed to.&nbsp; Including the Encounters with the Supernatural thread and Piratecat's storyhour.&nbsp; However, I am getting summary notifications for the Kiln-Fired Ceramic DM thread.&nbsp; As a side note, I have been idly wondering if subscription notifications had an impact for a little while.&nbsp; I noticed that the boards would slow down anytime Piratecat updated his story hour.&nbsp; Of course, the boards slow down plenty of other times as well, so it was more a possibility I had in mind and never felt I had anything more than anecdotal evidence to worry about. I am still seeing the boards slow down, so turning off email might have helped, but it isn't the sole cause of any lagging.&nbsp; OK, that isn't a huge revelation.&nbsp; EN World has a lot of traffic throughout the day and we aer all doing our part to keep that up.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Hmm, I am going to set myself to receive PM notifications in email, somebody mentioned that those are still being sent out, so I will take a look to see if I can figure out what kind of MTA EN World is using.&nbsp; Nope, nothing clear at least.&nbsp; Morrus, I am not sure how you have vBulletin configured for email.&nbsp; If it is just talking to Cyberstreet's mail gateway, you might not have many options on fine-tuning that outside of the vBulletin settings.&nbsp; If the board talks to a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) on the same machine, then you might be able to tweak things a bit more.&nbsp; As an example, newer versions of Sendmail can delay email delivery if the load on the server gets too high.&nbsp; You can also configure sendmail to only deliver email every x number of seconds.&nbsp; In this case, you could set it up to only deliver email every couple of hours.&nbsp; Not quite instantaneous, but better than no delivery at all?&nbsp; This doesn't really solve the problem, it just helps you mitigate it.&nbsp; If you want to look at some of those options, I am sure that the CyberStreet folks can help out.&nbsp; Or, feel free to email me and I will help if I can.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BSF, post: 1490986, member: 13098"] Hmm, I will leap into the fray here. :) OK, I did not get Morrus' email notification on shutting down the subscription emails. I did read it from Piratecat in the Ceramic DM thread. I am not getting instantaneous notifications of threads that I am subscribed to. Including the Encounters with the Supernatural thread and Piratecat's storyhour. However, I am getting summary notifications for the Kiln-Fired Ceramic DM thread. As a side note, I have been idly wondering if subscription notifications had an impact for a little while. I noticed that the boards would slow down anytime Piratecat updated his story hour. Of course, the boards slow down plenty of other times as well, so it was more a possibility I had in mind and never felt I had anything more than anecdotal evidence to worry about. I am still seeing the boards slow down, so turning off email might have helped, but it isn't the sole cause of any lagging. OK, that isn't a huge revelation. EN World has a lot of traffic throughout the day and we aer all doing our part to keep that up. :) Hmm, I am going to set myself to receive PM notifications in email, somebody mentioned that those are still being sent out, so I will take a look to see if I can figure out what kind of MTA EN World is using. Nope, nothing clear at least. Morrus, I am not sure how you have vBulletin configured for email. If it is just talking to Cyberstreet's mail gateway, you might not have many options on fine-tuning that outside of the vBulletin settings. If the board talks to a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) on the same machine, then you might be able to tweak things a bit more. As an example, newer versions of Sendmail can delay email delivery if the load on the server gets too high. You can also configure sendmail to only deliver email every x number of seconds. In this case, you could set it up to only deliver email every couple of hours. Not quite instantaneous, but better than no delivery at all? This doesn't really solve the problem, it just helps you mitigate it. If you want to look at some of those options, I am sure that the CyberStreet folks can help out. Or, feel free to email me and I will help if I can. [/QUOTE]

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