Re: Peering implementations

immibis <news@immibis.com> writes:

I see the "suck" tool can download import articles from any
public-access server without special negotiation. Does it put excess
load on the upstream server?

  Without knowing further details, a first superficial examination
  of this question would lead me to think that it does not seem
  unfair to use such a program, because the server is free to
  refuse anything that would expose it to unwanted overload.