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Matt wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:15:41 +0000 (UTC),
> Urs Janßen wrote:
>
>> getart_limit (tinrc or -G cmd-line option) can be used to speed up things
>> if cache_overview_files is not wanted ( . lack of disk space). be aware
>> that too small positive numbers may leed to article loss and too small
>> negative numbers may corrupt threading. a good overall value is -1000, this
>> will read all unread articles and the last 1000 read ones (overview
>> file caching and getart_limit an be combined, this might be helpfull
>> if the 'local' cache is on a slow device).
>
>> the -Q cmd-line flag is a shortcut for -d -n -q. -n only gives you
>> extra speed if you _only_ have your subscribed groups in your newsrc,
>> not the usubscribed ones as well (the strip_newsrc tinrc option controls
>> this). on a server with a more or less static pool of groups -q
>> doesn't help, and -d is only usefull if the server holds much groups.
>
> Thanks Urs to remind us that (haven't changed something on my .tinrc for
> ages) =)

I don't get a full list anywhere, even with strip_newsrc OFF. And yes,
I'm talking about after I pull news with tin in non-Q mode so that it
*gets* the full list and makes it available *temporarily*; . until
tin is quit. It still won't *leave* it anywhere locally for
further use. Why does not-stripping strip?


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