Gnus starts faster with numeric NNTP service?

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From: wills ms 01309
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1989 15:52

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Searching for ways to get gnus going a little quicker, I found that 

(setq gnus-nntp-service 119)

in my .emacs file seems to significantly decrease start up time.
Should this be so?  Does anyone have any other magic speed up tips?
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