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Newsgroup reader that will handle 5mill+ headers?
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mishap
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Dec 17, 2003, 07:03 PM
 
I just got an email from giganews that they will be increasing their retention for most of their newgroups to 30 days. Which means some newsgroups will have 5 million or more headers.

my question is: is there any news reader for OSX that will be able to download 5 million headers.

I currently use thoth and i think it only does 999,999--or am i wrong?
     
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Dec 17, 2003, 10:10 PM
 
Install X11 and try Pan.

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Dec 18, 2003, 09:26 AM
 
pan. That looks nice. This is the first I've heard of it.
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Dec 18, 2003, 11:22 AM
 
Did giganews say this was going to affect binaries or just text groups?

I am spoiled because the binary-oriented readers are a lot better on PC. I have tried HogWasher, MT-News, and Thoth and they all have their problems.

I would love to commission a developer to implement some of my ideas for a reader that would be the end all of other readers. Or I can just learn on my own and spend years trying to know what I am doing.

How does Pan fare with mass binary downloads (not pictures, but larger binaries)?
     
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Dec 22, 2003, 12:15 PM
 
Originally posted by velodev:
Did giganews say this was going to affect binaries or just text groups?
binaries...i think only the more popular binary groups (maybe i'm wrong) will have 30 day retention.
     
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Dec 23, 2003, 10:38 AM
 
jEBUS... you're right.

I was looking through the full list two days ago and there was 2 million headers.

I couldn't even tell you how long it took to download headers, filter, then resort.

As much as I might like the retention, this is almost counter-productive.
     
   
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