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Article #5250Re: Question about Thor....
From: hector o'sexual
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 17:37
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 17:37
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In article <1205.6637T912T2673@xmission.com>, jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger) writes: > >On or about 04-Mar-96 08:44:34 hector o'sexual typed the following words about >"Question about Thor....". My reply is thus... > > > ho> Is it truly an offline reader? How quick is it to get your newsgroups? > ho> trying to find a newsreader that doesn't download every single article. > ho> > ho> --Hector > >Yes it is an off line reader. As for how quick, I guess that depends on your >connect speed and ISP. I does have a browse news function where you can just >get headers and then download the articles you want. The normal method is just >get news and get everything you are joined to. > > > >-- > // -= John =- jsburger@xmission.com BIX: jburger > \X/ Via > Amateur Radio KB0ES T > Amiga 2000 H > A2630 A2632 John S. Burger Hooper, UT O >2+14megs RAM R > 850meg HD This message was composed on... 2.23ß >Ursa Minor > Iomega ZIP 4-Mar-96 15:09:09 >Failsafe pickup: Do you eat pork ? > Isn't there a better way? Is there a protocol or a different means of getting news (I.e. Getting a cache from the host computer?) It would seem that there is a way to optimize it somewhat... --Hector O'Sexual
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!Rosie.UH.EDU!ST585 From: st585@Rosie.UH.EDU (hector o'sexual) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking Subject: Re: Question about Thor.... Date: 5 Mar 1996 17:37:09 GMT Organization: University of Houston Message-ID: <4hhu45$h01@masala.cc.uh.edu> References: <4hdov2$rh2@masala.cc.uh.edu>,<1205.6637T912T2673@xmission.com> Reply-To: st585@Rosie.UH.EDU NNTP-Posting-Host: rosie.uh.edu