Word: serveral
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Adjustment is a key component of HASCS's strategy for dealing with the stress on the server...
Another reason for the slowdown is large e-mail inboxes. Every time a person logs into the Pine mail program, his or her inbox is accessed. Bigger inboxes take longer to open and thus put more stress on the server...
When students leave their telnet windows open even when they are not using e-mail, the program automatically refreshes every five minutes. Leaving the window open is thus the same as checking e-mail every five minutes, which burdens the server...
Finally, those people who use programs like Eudora or Outlook often leave their mail on the server even after reading it. They often have inboxes with thousands of messages, again slowing access...
Access time especially suffers between 5 and 6:30 p.m., when faculty leave for the day and students check e-mail before dinner, Steen said. The second peak occurs around 11 p.m. and the gradually falls off at about 2 a.m. Server use increases again beginning in the morning...