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Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Setup is semi-recent (app 2wk)  cvs gnus
> emacs-21.0.103.1
> 
> I sometimes copy a bunch of news posts to a directory and tap it with
> nndoc. `G d'   Recently I've noticed something I hadn't before.
> 
> Create the group with `G d' The press <RET> on it 
> 
> A message appears in the echo area:
>         nnml: Receiving headers.. [%percentage here]
> 
> It seems to take an inordinate long time.  Something like a full
> minute or a little more to claw through 93 messages.
> 
> I do have some extra header stuff, but that seems really slow for so
> few messages.

Is the article numbers in the directory sparse? I've fixed the problem
a little. Hope it works for your case.

> Also what role does nnml play in fetching for nndoc?

It is because nnml is a parent backend of nndir (not nndoc).

ShengHuo