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- From: wnear@epix.net (William Near)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Tin
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 03:25:36 GMT
- Organization: epix.net
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <4epbrg$8mg@guava.epix.net>
- References: <4e7hhr$mfl@mars.cyberspc.mb.ca> <19960126.44A358.919@am163.du.pipex.com>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: wsfdppp96.epix.net
- X-Newsreader: TIN [AMIGA 1.3 950726BETA PL0]
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- On Fri, 26 Jan 96 00:18:24, Mathew Hendry articulated:
- <> Gary Stimpson (gstimp@cyberspc.mb.ca) wrote:
- <> : Is there anyway I can stop Tin from downloading my providers WHOLE
- <> : newsgroup file when I run it? It takes forever.
- <>
- <> Clipped from tin.guide:
- <>
- <> -n Only load groups from the active file that are also subscribed
- <> to in the users @{".newsrc" link files}. This allows a noticeable speedup when
- <> connecting via a slow line.
- <>
- <> Add it as a command line option when you run TIN.
- <>
- <> Note: I haven't tried this myself, since I read news offline, but it looks
- <> like it might be what you need.
-
- I just timed the two ways that I use to run Tin.
-
- rtin -n (this one takes 4 minutes to load in)
- rtin (this one takes 7 minutes to load in)
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