[leafnode-list] Re: large volume (binary) groups
sonic-news support
support at sonic-news.com
Thu May 24 17:41:54 CEST 2012
nntpcache is better for binaries groups. It caches the overviews, and
only downloads and caches the body when a user asks for it.
Unfortunately development has stopped since Julian Assange became
involved with other projects.
Etian
On 05/24/2012 10:13 AM, Thufir wrote:
> Leafnode doesn't handle binary groups well?
>
> "Leafnode was not made for binary newsgroups. It is a "private" news-
> _server_ and not a offline reader (though you can use it to fetch news
> online, store and read them offline)."
>
> https://groups.google.com/group/alt.linux/msg/6877c648f696d94c?
> dmode=source&output=gplain&noredirect
>
>
>
> Could it be possible to have two different leafnode servers running, one
> for binary groups? Or, is INN the better tool for grabbing binaries? I
> have a slower broadband connection, and don't mind large download so long
> as they're in the background and not, for instance, holding up leafnode
> getting gmane text mailing list groups or something.
>
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Thufir
>
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