From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Downloading large numbers of unwanted k, so sitting and waiting
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 14:06:30 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bn7tgqx5.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87bnkjy589.fsf@skimble.plus.com> (Sharon Kimble's message of "Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:27:18 +0000")
Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
> I have a problem when I enter a newsgroup, I am prompted for how many
> articles to get, and I input a number. No matter what number, be it
> "1" or "35" or whatever, I *always* download large numbers of k. So I
> am sitting waiting for this to end so that I can read the mails.
>
> How can I change this behaviour please?
Do you have gnus-fetch-old-headers set, by any chance? That'll fetch a
lot of data...
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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