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Re: .slrnrc (was Re: Unix shell script for accessing multiple NNTP servers)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Sat, 3 Oct 1998 16:50:45 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.orgSAYNOTOSPAM
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Mike Stanley <cjc@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Sorry to be treating you like slrn tech support, but you did
> volunteer, so I thought I would ask what you think about this
:) no problem.
> When I connect to lugnet.com I get a brief wait before it displays the
> groups I have subscribed to. But when I connect to newguy it sits at
> this screen FOREVER, but does finally get to the groups list • [snip]
> Checking for new groups ...
> Checking news via active file ...
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Now I understand that newsguy is hosting a few more groups than lugnet
> (relative sizes of the .newsrc's for each 491k to 13k) - is that what
> it is going through? If so, do you know if I can trim that down to
> speed things up?
Try starting slrn with the -n parameter, which tells it not to check for new
groups on startup. That should help....
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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