Re: Automatic refresh possible?

On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 01:22:50PM -0500, Christian Dysthe wrote:
> Hi,
> I was wondering if it would be possible to have tin refresh news groups
> automatically,

no

> for instance every 10 minutes, so I wouldn't have to
> press <Tab> to see new message counts for subscribed groups.

<http://newsreaders.com/misc/twpierce/news/newsreader-manifesto.html>
! When your user is idle, don't generate traffic.
!   If your user isn't typing, mouse'ing, clicking, etc. your newsreader 
!   shouldn't be generating work for the server. Imagine 5,000 users all
!   leaving your program running when they leave for lunch. EXCEPTION: If
|   you are implementing some fancy read-ahead model, but then you shouldn't
|   be reading too far ahead if the user seems to have walked away from
|   their terminal, eh?

<http://js.home.xs4all.nl/gnksa/gnksa.txt>
| 19) Be kind to servers, leave room for others
|
| Reading or posting software MUST NOT put excessive demands on news
| servers unnecessarily.  The sofware MUST limit itself to 4 simultaneous
! connections to a given server.  Spurious connects and unnecessary
! traffic MUST be avoided; the software MUST use as few as possible
| connections, reusing existing connections whenever possible.
|
| Rationale: News systems are big, resources are scarce, and every
| resource claimed is provided at the expense of other users.