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Message-ID: <961231214256.AA3900@dojo> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 21:42:56 GMT Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!portc01.blue.aol.com!cliffs.rs.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.thenet.net!frankensun.altair.com!dojo!not-for-PROFS Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc From: Mike O'Connor <mjo@dojo.mi.org> Subject: Re: newbie question for a brand new site References: <5aa3er$16s$1@scorpion.broadcom.com> Reply-To: Mike O'Connor <mjo@dojo.mi.org> Organization: Sixth Congregational Church of Rodney Lines: 22 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au news.software.nntp:28865 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33384 In article <5aa3er$16s$1@scorpion.broadcom.com>, John Sin <jsin@scorpion.broadcom.com> wrote: :and my history file is about 14MB. My log file shows something like the :following: : :Dec 30 19:14:27 fortress innd: newsserver connected 15 streaming allowed :Dec 30 19:14:27 fortress innd: newsserver:15 NCmode "mode stream" received :Dec 30 19:14:37 fortress innd: newsserver:15 closed seconds 20 accepted 85 refused 0 rejected 0 : :My question is, is this normal/typical? I guess I had expected the :connection to stay open longer and transfer more articles, at least :initially. Is there a bottleneck here that I am not aware of? This is normal/typical. What's going on is that fortress is connecting with a news feeding mechanism like innxmit that doesn't maintain a connection near-continuously. Since you're getting only a limited amount of groups, you'll see a lot of what you see above. -- Michael J. O'Connor mjo@dojo.mi.org "I don't want the world. I just want your half." -They Might Be Giants