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 In article <832920052_OASIS_@phil4.demon.co.uk>
  phil4@phil4.demon.co.uk (Phil Hough) said:-

>I'm still having problems with my News Downloads..
>
>Most of the time mail only downloads it only gets to speeds of
>450-500cps.

    If the MTU and other parameters explained in TUNING.FAQ have not
helped you, you can perhaps try to set batch mode in your news session: in
the STARTUP.NOS, insert a line saying: "nntp batch on 24". This permits to
NOS, when it requests articles one by one, to send 24 requests before the
reply to the first one... the default setting is off.

    You can see if it helps by setting the "nntp trace 3" level, then you
see on screen the CPS ratio of each article downloaded... if it says 2000
or more, and your average session CPS is 450-500, it's because of the time
you wait between messages.

    You can also set the "nntp safety off" if you have a slow disk drive,
then NOS will not close and reopen the BATCH.TXT file for each article...
but in this case if a problem occurs (bombs, disconnect, power off, etc..)
you loose some articles...
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