Order of Processing

[John Thompson]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:47:51 -0800 (PST), John M Price, PhD wrote:

>I have a 486 DX2-80.  PMMail pegs the system activity monitor when
>downloading.

I have a 5x86/133 32MB machine and it seldom goes over 20% cpu usage when
downloading.

>> >That said, and with all its benefits, can someone tell me of what 
>> >good it is to filter messages as they come in? 
>> 
>> Even though I have about 40 filters, filtering is almost instanteous
>> when I'm connected through DSL at 640K at home or through a T1 network
>> connection at work.  If you're worried that it keeps you online longer
>> than it should, you must have a filter set to examine an entire message
>> (rather than just the header or part of the header) and get rather long
>> messages; otherwise, I don't see how you'd see any delay.
>
>No, I have all set to look at the header, or where possible, the
>individual lines.

I have about 2 dozen filters and the messages are processed very quickly. 
How long does it take your machine to filter a message?


John (john.thompson@attglobal.net)