Re: minimizing header traffic

On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 07:32:09AM -0700, Gerard Lanois wrote:

| ubh downloads each header exactly once - no more, no less.

Which means that there's nothing to optimize.  Sorry.

| This 30% figure is nebulous.  If you downloaded more files,
| it would cause this figure to decrease.

Correct.

| > I have been happily using ubh 2.5 for some time.
| > I use comcast/giganews and now have a 1 GB/month download
| > limit. I hit the limit this month, and when looking
| > at the log, noticed that 30% was header downloads(!)

Easynews.com sells you 6 GB/month for $10.  If you need more, you just
give them another $10 and it resets the 6 GB and month clocks.

| > I'm wondering if newer versions of ubh can reduce this, and if
| > not, what strategies I can use to reduce the header traffic, short
| > of scanning fewer newsgroups or paying giganews for a higher
| > limit.

Those are really your only options.

Easynews.com also has a *very* nice web interface where you can search
for and download already decoded files.  It's great for `filling in'
gaps in your local news server.

-- 
Doug McLaren, [email protected]
"Rehtob," said Pooh, as time inversed around him.

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