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- Path: soap.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet
- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Tin
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 96 00:18:24
- Organization: Private node.
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <19960126.44A358.919@am163.du.pipex.com>
- References: <4e7hhr$mfl@mars.cyberspc.mb.ca>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: am163.du.pipex.com
- X-Newsreader: TIN [AMIGA 1.3 950726BETA PL0]
-
- 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.
-
- -- Mat.
-