[Discuss] OT - Mail Server Speeds

[epp at mcom.com (epp at mcom.com)]

On Thu, 1 Oct 2020 23:19:09 -0400
Alex Pennace <alex at pennace.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 01, 2020 at 10:04:57PM -0400, epp at mcom.com wrote:
> > Is it possible for a service provider to slow down the response
> > times from their servers?  
> 
> It is possible for a service provider to deliberately add additional
> response latency (wait a little bit before sending a response). But it
> is far more likely that increases in latency are simply due to
> underprovisioning the systems involved.

I question whether there might be simply too many users active at once?
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