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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!206.139.252.5!newsreader.com!not-for-mail From: curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Newsreaders Date: 4 Jun 1997 16:03:11 GMT Organization: KCW Consulting Lines: 18 Message-ID: <mGbL$AL@NewsReader.Com> References: <EB7xzw.L2w@nonexistent.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: h4.kcwc.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42399 Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org> wrote: > I am using a 28.8 dialup connection to keep my box on the Internet, > as a server. Everytime I start up a newsreader like trn, it wastes > a half hour "Retrieving news active file" then some more time retrieving > new newsgroups. ... > ... Why doen't any of the > other newsreaders work this way, and/or what can I do? First, post your message to the news.software.readers. You are likely to get more help there than here. Second, read the documentation with your newsreader. Many can be configured to not read the entire active file on startup. It's a common and well known problem. Curt Welch http://CurtWelch.Com/