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Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no> writes:

> Would a more formalized test, with timings for groups with different
> characteristics, and different settings of nntp-nov-gap, be of
> interest?

It would indeed.  The current default is just something I picked
without testing at all.

> If so: what numbers should I primarily look at?

The length of time it takes to enter the groups?  :-)

Well, varying `nntp-nov-gap' over a range from 1 to 40 to nil, and
trying to select groups that have lots of articles and few articles,
and selecting groups that have lots of read articles in between the
unread articles.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen