On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 06:24:32PM -0500, fred smith wrote:
> Gentlepersons:
Oh never mind, I was obviously suffering a "senior moment", wherein
I posted here what should have gone to the tin list. Duh.
Fred
>
> I've used mutt for years to read mail on my local system.
>
> But just recently I have, for the very first time, used it to read mail
> on remote systems (such as news.opera.no, etc). I find that in the
> example of Opera, there are over 7000 messages in the news group they
> are hosting that I am reading. My newsrc file for that server shows
> all but the last few as having been read, but it still takes several
> minutes to download ALL the headers whenever I start up Tin and point
> it at that server.
>
> This seems strange, why is it downloading all 7000+ headers when I've
> already read (or skipped) nearly all the articles?
>
> Is there a way to make it grab only the ones that are new since I last
> read that group?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Fred
>
> PS:
> I was trying to look around on tin.org to see if I could find an answer
> without having to bug you all, but there seem to be a lot of dead/broken
> links on that site, as of 11/13, anyway, so I couldn't find anything
> helpful to me.
> --
> ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------
> "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of
> heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."
> ------------------------------ Matthew 7:21 (niv) -----------------------------
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---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------
The Lord detests the way of the wicked
but he loves those who pursue righteousness.
----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------
