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- Path: Rosie.UH.EDU!ST585
- From: st585@Rosie.UH.EDU (hector o'sexual)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Question about Thor....
- Date: 5 Mar 1996 17:37:09 GMT
- Organization: University of Houston
- Message-ID: <4hhu45$h01@masala.cc.uh.edu>
- References: <4hdov2$rh2@masala.cc.uh.edu>,<1205.6637T912T2673@xmission.com>
- Reply-To: st585@Rosie.UH.EDU
- NNTP-Posting-Host: rosie.uh.edu
-
- In article <1205.6637T912T2673@xmission.com>, jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger) writes:
- >
- >On or about 04-Mar-96 08:44:34 hector o'sexual typed the following words about
- >"Question about Thor....". My reply is thus...
- >
- >
- > ho> Is it truly an offline reader? How quick is it to get your newsgroups?
- > ho> trying to find a newsreader that doesn't download every single article.
- > ho>
- > ho> --Hector
- >
- >Yes it is an off line reader. As for how quick, I guess that depends on your
- >connect speed and ISP. I does have a browse news function where you can just
- >get headers and then download the articles you want. The normal method is just
- >get news and get everything you are joined to.
- >
- >
- >
- >--
- > // -= John =- jsburger@xmission.com BIX: jburger
- > \X/ Via
- > Amateur Radio KB0ES T
- > Amiga 2000 H
- > A2630 A2632 John S. Burger Hooper, UT O
- >2+14megs RAM R
- > 850meg HD This message was composed on... 2.23▀
- >Ursa Minor
- > Iomega ZIP 4-Mar-96 15:09:09
- >Failsafe pickup: Do you eat pork ?
- >
-
- Isn't there a better way? Is there a protocol or a different means of getting
- news (I.e. Getting a cache from the host computer?) It would seem that there
- is a way to optimize it somewhat...
-
- --Hector O'Sexual
-