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Al Bravo
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11-13-2004 12:00
I have a project in mind that would use email and XML-RPC. Before I fire up the linux box, put in another firewall, get a domain, dynamic DNS... etc, I need to know:
Speaking simply, what kind of turn around time can I expect from the llEmail() send to the remote_data() event? I know there are ton of variables in there. But, just in round numbers can this be turned around in say < 3 seconds?
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MSo Lambert
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11-13-2004 17:15
Yes, it can, when things are running smoothly on LL side.
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Al Bravo
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11-13-2004 17:19
Thanks
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Azelda Garcia
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11-13-2004 18:11
Basically you will most likely use email for outbound messages, with a one-way time of ~2 seconds.
For inbound messages (into SL) you have the choice between email and XMLRPC. XMLRPC is faster (~0.5 seconds RTT), but if your object is moving a lot (ie its an avatar) you'll get message-undeliverable exceptions on sim border changes -> you might use email for inbound too (~2 seconds).
Email works pretty well. One of the best features in SecondLife.
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Francis Chung
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11-14-2004 01:38
For what it's worth, my timing on email out/XML-RPC in comes in around .5 seconds, email out/in comes in around 1 second.
(Assuming the system cooperates)
One strange thing with my system (I'm not sure how anyone else's numbers go) is that with email out/XML-RPC in, I can get about 4 really fast RTTs, and then the 5th takes about 20 seconds. I don't know where this delay comes from.
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Azelda Garcia
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11-14-2004 03:16
> For what it's worth, my timing on email out/XML-RPC in comes in around .5 seconds, email out/in comes in around 1 second. It's possible. My sl client latency is about 1-2 seconds, and my ssh client latency is about the same, so actually by the time I see the thing arrive its probably already 1-2 seconds in the past  Azelda |
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Al Bravo
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11-14-2004 04:31
Good info. My application looks possible based on these numbers. Thanks again.
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Gwyneth Llewelyn
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11-14-2004 11:22
BTW, I have been playing around with email interfaces (I used XML/RPC, but some people want to interface to some things I did and don't want to add a simple XML/RPC interface on their Web site...), and something strange I found out is that some of my inworld objects don't seem to get the emails when I'm offline. Does this make any sense?
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