Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:05:49 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve@sohara.org> To: "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which NNTP newsreader for huge newsgroups? Message-ID: <20121030150549.3b2df0df7eea4ad0e8463a08@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <CADGWnjVsA6k1waWYbPSXB6zsBOBTk5orgifMhh39yCogNEOXyA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADGWnjVsA6k1waWYbPSXB6zsBOBTk5orgifMhh39yCogNEOXyA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:56:30 +0100 "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking for an NNTP newsreader that can gracefully > handle newsgroups with a *huge* number of posts, if > possible with a moderate memory and CPU footprint. > > My newsreader of choice, news/tin, while quite good for > newsgroups with a moderate number of articles can't > cope with some alt.binaries.* groups that contain over > 2,000,000+ active/unread articles. It effectively thrashes For binaries I wouldn't use a newsreader at all. I'd use something like nzbget and an nzb search service. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve@sohara.org>
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