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- From: sdjones@bconnex.net (Steve & Kelley Jones)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Tin
- Date: 8 Feb 1996 11:57:01 GMT
- Organization: Barrie Connex Inc.
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <4fcoed$sat@news.bconnex.net>
- References: <4e7hhr$mfl@mars.cyberspc.mb.ca> <19960126.44A358.919@am163.du.pipex.com> <4epbrg$8mg@guava.epix.net>
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- X-Newsreader: TIN [AMIGA 1.3 950726BETA PL0]
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- William Near (wnear@epix.net) wrote:
- : 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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- I use 'tin.exe -nr' and it only takes about 30 seconds.
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- Steve
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