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Re:Linux security mailing list 'almost unmanageable' by jmalicki on Monday May 18, 2026 @10:31AM (#48180447)
Does a 26MB message actually cause noticeable strain on the server much beyond loading the page? I would think serving a contiguous 26MB chunk would be relatively similar to say 20 normal sized messages.
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Re:Linux security mailing list 'almost unmanageable' by mort96 on Monday May 18, 2026 @12:44PM (#48182098)
Way off. I went to an arbitrary message on lore.kernel.org. Firefox's network inspector says 7.37kB was transferred, including stylesheets. 26MB is roughly 3500x 7.37kB.
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Re:Linux security mailing list 'almost unmanageable' by jmalicki on Monday May 18, 2026 @01:40PM (#48182794)
Data transferred is not what generates load. sendfile() is about the lowest-overhead thing a web server does.
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