* Is there a compressed nntp protocol?
@ 1998-03-09 9:17 Francois Felix Ingrand
1998-03-13 21:22 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Francois Felix Ingrand @ 1998-03-09 9:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
Now that I use agent... I was just wondering if there is compressed "mode"
in NNTP. After all, when downloading headers and bodies, a compression would
do miracles...
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* Re: Is there a compressed nntp protocol?
1998-03-09 9:17 Is there a compressed nntp protocol? Francois Felix Ingrand
@ 1998-03-13 21:22 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-03-14 21:48 ` Francois Felix Ingrand
1998-03-18 20:22 ` Jonas Kvarnström
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1998-03-13 21:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
Francois Felix Ingrand <felix@laas.fr> writes:
> Now that I use agent... I was just wondering if there is compressed "mode"
> in NNTP. After all, when downloading headers and bodies, a compression would
> do miracles...
If you're downloading over modem, it wouldn't mean much at all, since
modems compress on-the-fly.
But I don't have any plans for adding support for compressed NNTP,
which is (I understand) supported by some experimental nntp servers.
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* Re: Is there a compressed nntp protocol?
1998-03-13 21:22 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 1998-03-14 21:48 ` Francois Felix Ingrand
1998-03-19 13:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-03-18 20:22 ` Jonas Kvarnström
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From: Francois Felix Ingrand @ 1998-03-14 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Francois Felix Ingrand <felix@laas.fr> writes:
>
> > Now that I use agent... I was just wondering if there is compressed "mode"
> > in NNTP. After all, when downloading headers and bodies, a compression would
> > do miracles...
>
> If you're downloading over modem, it wouldn't mean much at all, since
> modems compress on-the-fly.
Well... I use an ISDN adapter and the protocol I use HDLC (I think) does not
compress. I will check with my ISP if a compressed protocol exist.
> But I don't have any plans for adding support for compressed NNTP,
> which is (I understand) supported by some experimental nntp servers.
Do you know the NNTP command to see if a server is supporting such protocol?
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* Re: Is there a compressed nntp protocol?
1998-03-13 21:22 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-03-14 21:48 ` Francois Felix Ingrand
@ 1998-03-18 20:22 ` Jonas Kvarnström
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From: Jonas Kvarnström @ 1998-03-18 20:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> > Now that I use agent... I was just wondering if there is compressed "mode"
> > in NNTP. After all, when downloading headers and bodies, a compression would
> > do miracles...
>
> If you're downloading over modem, it wouldn't mean much at all, since
> modems compress on-the-fly.
(Oops -- I replied to this a couple of days ago, but it seems I send a
private reply instead of following up to the mailing list... Here's
my reply again.)
Unless the modem on the other side has a slow serial connection to the
server computer (which is the case for my connection). Even with
33600 bps modems you would need a 115200 bps connection to the
computer, and with a 57600 bps modem you'd need an even faster
connection.
I'm currently tunneling the NNTP connection via SSH. This gives me a
compression of about 3:1 and much better performance than when I only
used the built-in compression in the modem. (I use "suck", not the
agent features. Normally I run a couple of parallel "suck" programs
in order to use the available bandwidth better.)
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* Re: Is there a compressed nntp protocol?
1998-03-14 21:48 ` Francois Felix Ingrand
@ 1998-03-19 13:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-03-20 8:41 ` Francois Felix Ingrand
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1998-03-19 13:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
Francois Felix Ingrand <felix@dial.oleane.com> writes:
> Do you know the NNTP command to see if a server is supporting such protocol?
"HELP"? :-)
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* Re: Is there a compressed nntp protocol?
1998-03-19 13:24 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 1998-03-20 8:41 ` Francois Felix Ingrand
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From: Francois Felix Ingrand @ 1998-03-20 8:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Francois Felix Ingrand <felix@dial.oleane.com> writes:
>
> > Do you know the NNTP command to see if a server is supporting such protocol?
>
> "HELP"? :-)
I tried that... could not find anything in the HELP "looking" like a
compression protocol...
I am actually surprise that such protocol has not been widely used.
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