In article <cjs6fe$smq$***@nntp-stjh-01-01.rogers.nf.net>, "MacArthur" <***@at.at> writes:
It would seem unlikely that a particular newsgroup such as nf.general would
have a different response time from other groups, assuming that you are
comparing equivalent groups (number of articles, article types (binary vs
not)), etc.
The news server software that I use allows me to vary the
article retention period several ways, and some groups may accumulate
hundreds of thousands of articles while others much less so. The number of
articles in a group can determine how fast your client program loads that
group. You might try a different client program, Mozilla's thunderbird has
an excellent news client. Is it possible that nf.general is the first group
you open when starting a news session? If so, the slow access is probably
more related to the client making the connection to the server rather than
to the particular newsgroup, since many client programs show a cache of the
last session on startup and don't actually make a real connection initially.
And even the clients (like Thunderbird) that show an update upon startup
don't actually download the headers of the articles until you pick a
newsgroup.
What client program are you using? Does it have any options to show you
what going on in the background?
Post by MacArthurI am frustrated at the slowness of the refresh rate of NF.General.
It takes on average 10 seconds to DL a post after selecting the topic.
Other groups that I subscribe to are okay.
Can someone tell me why NF.General is like this?
Do other users experience this problem?
Randy, do you have any ideas about this?
All replies appreciated!
--
--
Randy Dodge, Manager Technical Support, Computing & Communications
Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador Canada
randy at mun dot ca