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 In article <28449696_000003_OASIS_NEWS@the-gap.demon.co.uk>
  gary@the-gap.demon.co.uk (Gary Priest) said:-

> In article <hrN4FWAPa1yzEwya@consltec.demon.co.uk>
>  John Clark <JonClark@consltec.demon.co.uk> wrote:-
>
>>In article <868961088_OASIS_@swampdog.demon.co.uk>, Guy Harrison
>><guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>
>>>Hi Demon Dudes ...
>>>
>>>Er, Why at 10:55 am approx did I get a newsfeed of nearly 4500 
>>>articles? (I aborted 'cos it showed no signs of stopping).
>>>
>>Seems I just had the same. The 8 NGs I subscribe to just showed 5,390
>>articles awaiting. Stayed on line 15 minutes and the number rapidly fell
>>to 853, but only after 10 minutes. I was tempted to do the same and
>>abort.
>
>10 minutes? What software are you using? It's sure as hell not Oasis2!!
>
>I spent 20 minutes Sunday. aborted. 45 minutes tonight. Aborted. Oasis2 had
>only got down from 4000 approx to 1600 approx and then bloody well stalled!
>So I had to abort anyway. I am getting so *sick* of Oasis2 (especially ICE).
>
>Oasis2 allows you to change the date of each newsgroup. Supposedly so it
>will only download articles from that date. Great I thought. Chage it to
>today, skip all the crap. Wrong. Changed the date, ICE ignores it!! Still
>tries to download all the crap and resets the dates I've just painstaikingly
>changed. Ok. edit the groups.dta file to try and fix it. Now screwed up my
>news data so badly I've had to lose *everything* and start again :(
>
>As far as I'm concerned, that's it for Oasis2 and News. Sod it! I'm going to
>have to find (or write) a bloody news client that works :(
>
>Oasis2 is ok, but ICE sucks to say the least!!!!!!!
>
>Cheers Demon. Cheers Phil & Dave.
>

As I have said before. forget OASIS 2 stick to 1.35 I have had no
trouble at all with that. 

Glad I do not subscribe to C.S.A.ST :-)

Any sign of SPIDER yet !! 2 years ago it was promised "coming soon" 
pah !! No doubt the beta testers will say everythings fine as usual.
:-(

Thank Goodness for CAB/STiK they are BRILLIANT, well done to all
concerned.

Cheers,

Will.
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