Re: Automatic polling by tin

On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 12:28:41AM +0100, Adam Wysocki wrote:
> Is it possible to automatically poll nntp server for new news using 
> tin? I heared about something like "it is not possible, because it 
> wastes bandwidth, imagine hundred people turning this option on and 
> going for a lunch", but I run tin on my news server and it would be 
> nice to have tin automatically check for new news every 30 seconds 
> or so (configurable), without forcing me to press Y every time. It 
> shouldn't be enabled by default, but would be nice to have such 
> feature.

[tin(1)]
|       Interval in seconds to reread active (reread_active_file_secs)
|           The  news ${TIN_LIBDIR-NEWSLIBDIR}"/"${TIN_ACTIVEFILE-active} file
|           is reread at regular intervals to show if any new news has arrived.
|           Default is 1200. Setting this to 0 will disable this feature.

note that til will 'delay' the reread till it sees a user action
after the timer, e.g. a keypress.

urs
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