Re: a dilemma

[Kevin Greiner <kevin.greiner@compsol.cc>]

Faried Nawaz <faried@gmail.com> writes:

> I read this group (and several others) using gmane's nntp interface.  If I
> have gnus-fetch-old-headers set to 'some, it takes forever to enter a group
> -- gnus downloads a few megs of headers.  If I set it to something small,
> like 20, I can enter almost instantaneously.
>
> I use the same gnus to read email.  Is there any way to selectively apply
> different values of gnus-fetch-old-headers based on the group name/type?

The problem is that gnus-fetch-old-headers is bypassing the agent.
Even worse, when you set it to 'some, it fetches nearly every header
in the server's NOV database.  I've updated the gnus-fetch-old-header
doc string for now.  I'll put some thought into pulling the logic up
into the agent or the internals.  That way, most of the headers may be
fetched from the local agent files rather than constantly fetching
them from your server.

Kevin