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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> Now, if you have a big hole in your article range -- e.g. your article
> range is 128 - 12300 because you ticked article no. 128 -- total
> expiry will stat tens of thousands of non-existant files every time 
> you leave the group.  That tends to get a bit slow.

One could speed things up by having the backend look at what articles
exist in the group, and then iterate over that instead of the other
way around.  That would be much, much quicker for groups with big
"holes" in them.  It might be slower in other situations, though.

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