From: prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)
Subject: Re: expiring mail?
Date: 21 Mar 2001 18:05:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3r8zq67ua.fsf@multivac.cwru.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vafitl2enr1.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE's message of "21 Mar 2001 23:54:58 +0100")
Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> Gnus uses an estimate based on first and last article number because
> of efficiency: this data can be had from an NNTP server very quickly,
> and the exact number is hard to get.
WIBNI we could configure Gnus to use the article count from
-request-group instead? Say, by a group/topic parameter? Most of the
time, I'd prefer correctness to efficiency.
paul
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-03-21 23:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-03-21 17:46 Nick Papadonis
2001-03-21 22:54 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-03-21 23:05 ` Paul Jarc [this message]
2001-03-22 17:26 ` Nick Papadonis
2001-03-22 17:30 ` Paul Jarc
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