Configuring an older server for speed...

[Wojciech Puchar]

>> it's strange at least you haven't it already for a long time. no matter you
>> use squid or not. it takes 5 minutes to set up, and saves a bit of bandwidth
>> and a lot of time on resolving hostnames
>
> I just looked at my configuration - looks like I had it going at one
> point, but disabled it, and I can't remember why. This may be the
> issue.

only extra delays for DNS query and little more bandwidth used.