diff -ruN slrn-0.9.8.1pl1-orig/src/group.c slrn-0.9.8.1pl1/src/group.c
--- slrn-0.9.8.1pl1-orig/src/group.c	2006-06-22 13:24:10.000000000 -0400
+++ slrn-0.9.8.1pl1/src/group.c	2006-06-22 13:29:30.000000000 -0400
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 /*{{{ Global Variables */
 
-int Slrn_Query_Group_Cutoff = 100;
+int Slrn_Query_Group_Cutoff = 2000;
 int Slrn_Groups_Dirty;	       /* 1 == need to write newsrc */
 int Slrn_List_Active_File = 0;
 int Slrn_Write_Newsrc_Flags = 0;       /* if 1, do not save unsubscribed