* David Champion ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 2001.10.17, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Jerome De Greef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It will only retrieve the groups list once. Then remove all newgroups you > > don't need from your newsrc file and you're all set. > > The only disadvantage of this is that it will not show the number of new > > posting for each newsgroup you've subscribed too in the newsgroups browser. > > The problem (for me) is that although the newsrc format allows selection > of "subscribed" and "unsubscribed" groups, this NNTP patch doesn't > differentiate them in that it downloads overviews for all groups, > whether they're subscribed or not. [I think this is what Matej's problem > is, too -- not just reading the newsrc, but actually grabbing the > headers/threads for each one.] This is s-l-o-w and unnecessary. A user
I don't know what version of the patch you use (I use the latest) but here it only retrieves headers/theads for the groups I'm subscribed. Jerome -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 'the panorama of the city is wrong | | in fact the city seems to be gone!' | | the clash, stop the world, 1980 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
