Re: Newsgroups with large number of posts hangs OE

The problem with this approach is that one may miss some posts/files because
you're not downloading everything that's listed. when you only download
1000 or less headers, it doesn't seem to list a cross-section of posts by
date or even subject. So if you d/l only part of the headers, you may be
missing something you want to d/l.

If there was a way to only download certain headers, you could download ALL
of the headers, then pick out the things you wanna d/l, erase the headers
and tell it only to d/l the headers you're interested in. Then you could
d/l the files.....just a thought.




"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "drdug" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> <QP>
> Whenever I try to access newsgroups with a large number of posts, i.e.
> a DVD binaries group, OE hangs and says "not responding" I realize I
> could set it to only download a portion of the headers, but if I do that I
> will only be able to see some of the posts and miss some things I
> might want to download.
> How can I download all the headers and not have OE hang?
> </QP>
>
> That's probably not the right approach. Why not wait until you find
> out if you need them? E.g. start out with a few thousand only.
> Do not use Catch-Up. Do not later uncheck Get __ headers at a time.
> For some time after you first do that it may still be possible to go back
> for those undownloaded headers by using the Headers button
> (or equivalently the Tools, Get Next... menu command).
> The important thing to realize is that the maximum number you can
> "go back" that way is not limited to the maximum value of the option
> (e.g. 1000) but to the number of times you are willing to press the
> button.
> Use the troubleshooting log to see how this command can step you
> back into previously undownloaded messages. Similarly, you need
> to be aware that pressing the button the first few times may not appear
> to be doing anything because what you will be doing is moving the
> requested number lower but still within the range of the numbers that
> you have already downloaded. Frankly, I have never understood
> why it can't remember where you last downloaded from and start there.
> One (logical) possibility I suppose would be if the range that you are
> traversing contains some holes in the sequence it may try to fill
> those in. BTW some users have discovered that although you can't
> change the maximum Get value to be greater than 1000 using the UI
> it can be changed temporarily using the registry.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
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