[pre1.0.0-26] Slow with albasani

Slrn   pre1.0.0-26   is   *very*    slow   at   interacting   with   the
news.albasani.net NNTP  server¹,  and this  happens every time  slrn has
been left inactive for a while.

I have  a broadband connection, no  SSL enabled for this  server. It can
take a minute or more to check for new groups and articles or to read an
uncached article, or to post an article.

If I press 'g' while in the newsgroup list,  and slrn has been sleeping²
untouched for  some time  (>10 minutes, maybe  less), or  even suspended
(^z) and  then foregrounded,  it seems  to freeze  on "Checking  for new
groups...". Then I press '^g' to  interrupt and 'g' again, and the check
is now instantaneous.

Older slrns  used to  do this as  well, every now  and then.  Maybe this
version is acting up more often.

I tried setting the 'force_authentication' variable to both 0 and 1, but
it didn't fix things.

The server does not seem to be slow when queried via telnet.

Is anyone experiencing the same?



Notes:
¹ INN 2.5.3 (20110312 prerelease)
² "sleeping" is used here with the same meaning as in Linux's `top`
  program.

-- 
> head -n1 /etc/*-{version,release} && uname -moprs
Slackware 12.1.0
Linux 2.6.24.5-smp i686 AMD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 GNU/Linux

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