From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/68901 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Pittman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus' speed Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:50:14 +1000 Message-ID: <87k515kfqh.fsf@rimspace.net> References: <87zlao7j1z.fsf@CPU107.opentrends.net> <87iqhb7w7a.fsf@CPU107.opentrends.net> <87iqgprik1.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250301159 26901 80.91.229.12 (15 Aug 2009 01:52:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:52:39 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M17321@lists.math.uh.edu Sat Aug 15 03:52:29 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mc8RW-0001US-UF for ding-account@gmane.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:52:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Mc8RJ-0004md-J8; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:52:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Mc8RI-0004mH-2X for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:52:12 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mc8RG-0001iZ-Bo for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:52:12 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Mc8Rq-0000kr-00 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:52:46 +0200 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Mc8RC-0002oJ-PJ for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:52:06 +0000 Original-Received: from ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net ([59.167.189.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:52:06 +0000 Original-Received: from daniel by ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:52:06 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp59-167-189-244.static.internode.on.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:WsjzQxWoN75r3SEDm+zahSQ0wh4= X-Spam-Score: -3.6 (---) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:68901 Archived-At: Miles Bader writes: > David Engster writes: >>> I am surprised that anyone would want to do away with scoring; its >>> utility is so high in terms of determining what is/isn't worth reading >>> that, even if slow, it is too valuable to ignore. >>> >>> That said, I don't find it slow. I even have an "all" scorefile along >>> with the usual per-group scorefiles, and I don't perceive any special >>> penalty from using scoring. >> >> It depends on the scoring you do. If you score against the whole head or >> even the body, scoring becomes incredibly slow since Gnus has to request >> the head/body, resp. > > Indeed, but of course the solution is to not add score rules using > all-headers/body, not to disable scoring entirely! ...or do something else to address the problem; body rules were quite reasonable on a six year old machine using a local leafnode NNTP "cache" that meant no non-local network activity to fetch the body and apply the score. Regards, Daniel -- ✣ Daniel Pittman ✉ daniel@rimspace.net ☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons Looking for work? Love Perl? In Melbourne, Australia? We are hiring.