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Marc Aurel <4-tea-2@a42.de> writes:

> Whenever I start pgnus plugged, it connects to my provider's newsserver
> and all I see for the next couple of hours is a NNTP counter slowly
> increasing to 10+ MB.

(setq gnus-read-active-file 'some)

And kill off all groups that you don't read -- especially the
unsubscribed groups.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen