On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 05:03 PM, bpearce_at_cloud9.net wrote:
>> So, if you're using InkSpot, and did download messages from
>> comp.sys.newton.misc yesterday or the day before, and didn't have any
>> problem, I'd like to hear about your configuration, specially, but not
>> limited to your "Article Downloading" settings, and whether you're
>> using
>> any killfile.
>
> I've had problems with InkSpot in past, perhaps something similar to
> what you've described here;
> I find it will choke unexpectedly on certain articles and drop the
> connection (or it will have
> dropped the connection, since I'm not usally there to watch it),
> requiring me to reset the
> remaining articles on the server as read to get past the problem spot.
> (It will also occasionally
> refuse to delete an article here and there, requiring me to delete the
> article storage.) But
> nothing unusual has happened in the last few days.
>
> I have InkSpot set for a maximum article size of 4K, maximum article
> store of 500, download
> newest articles, I do *not* compress articles, and I do use killfiles.
Hi Brian!
That sounds a bit similar to me. You could try to modify the InkSpot
system entry to get past just that article that chokes InkSpot, but
marking the group as read will definitely be faster.
Are you using a global killfile of any sort? If so, what it is?
-Laurent.
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