Re: automatic checking for new news

On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 11:31:07PM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote:
> I'm looking for a way to have tin periodically check the NNTP server
> for new articles.  I don't mean the 'reread_active_file_secs'
> variable.  That only works in response to some activity from the
> keyboard.  I mean something like the keyboard timeout that mutt has
> that periodically checks for new mail without any user interaction.
> 
> I don't see this feature in the change log at tin.org, so I thought
> someone might have written a patch for it.

[<http://www.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.

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