From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/61401 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Pittman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: a dilemma Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:10:58 +1100 Message-ID: <87zmo010al.fsf@rimspace.net> References: <87r79ebcee.fsf@dev.pkfinance.info> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1132589338 7883 80.91.229.2 (21 Nov 2005 16:08:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:08:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+m9932@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Nov 21 17:08:56 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EeEDE-0001rI-T7 for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:08:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1EeECz-0008HI-00; Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:07:57 -0600 Original-Received: from nas01.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.39]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1EdgQa-0004U1-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:03:44 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by nas01.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EdgQV-0004cZ-RB for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:03:44 -0600 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1EdgQU-0007NA-00 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:03:38 +0100 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1EdgPW-0005ud-C6 for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:02:38 +0100 Original-Received: from 203-217-29-45.perm.iinet.net.au ([203.217.29.45]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:02:38 +0100 Original-Received: from daniel by 203-217-29-45.perm.iinet.net.au with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 05:02:38 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 22 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 203-217-29-45.perm.iinet.net.au User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) XEmacs/21.5-b21 (corn, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:fYEZxQAa4bwaCDOOWT4HHRESAbo= X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Precedence: bulk Original-Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:61401 Archived-At: Faried Nawaz writes: > I read this group (and several others) using gmane's nntp interface. If I > have gnus-fetch-old-headers set to 'some, it takes forever to enter a group > -- gnus downloads a few megs of headers. If I set it to something small, > like 20, I can enter almost instantaneously. > > I use the same gnus to read email. Is there any way to selectively > apply different values of gnus-fetch-old-headers based on the group > name/type? Not that I was ever able to get working reliably, I fear, though maybe that has changed. I installed, and use, leafnode to resolve that issue. It is a nice caching NNTP system that sits between me and GMane and does a fine job of speeding things up. Also, for the love of god, please don't warlord! You signature was insanely huge, especially the ASCII-art sword. Daniel