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| (...) auth is useless, and has been for the last 10 years or so. I know of no computer that replys to auth truthfully, and even if it does, it proves nothing. I'd disable it if it was easy, but it seems it might take a recompile of the nntpd server, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) just a nit - we're not talking about delay in refreshing newsgroups, but in establishing a connection to the server to begin with. Could it be that since you're always online you never close the connection? (...) hmmm... I get to lugnet (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) not likely that I have a transparent proxy at the ISP level, but it is possible, of course. I do think it's more likely that some network is automatically responding to all auth requests than some network sending auth requests where there were (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Me too, as of today. I get the initial connect immediately (within a second or so), and then 3 or 4 seconds to get the newsgroups summary (during which I can see my cable modem blinking away - it would be just inactive during the old initial (...) (24 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| Dan Boger wrote in message ... (...) weeks (...) I'm now back to normal speed when accessing LUGNET NNTP via Outlook Express. Kevin ---...--- TOWN Lego Building contest! (URL) 2396 piece kit - only one left! (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Guild of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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