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[svn] NEWS,src/client.c,src/protocol.c,src/protocol.h,src/server.c: Added timeout to Prt_getLn to avoid Noffle hanging if the connection breaks down during a fetch.
author enz
date Sat, 23 Sep 2000 11:37:01 +0100
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2 NOFFLE FAQ
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5 Q: What is the difference between NOFFLE and leafnode?
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7 A: NOFFLE uses less resources (disk space and bandwidth). Downloading groups
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8 in overview mode is several times faster, because it uses the XOVER command
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9 instead of HEAD. In addition, there is the quasi-transparent mode, when
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10 online, which allows to browse through groups and cache everything without
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11 subscribing. NOFFLE is GPLed, leafnode isn't.
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15 Q: I subscribe to groups, but get a "Retreiving failed" message for every
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16 requested article.
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18 A: Some news server do not allow retrieving articles by message-ID. You cannot
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19 use NOFFLE together with these servers presently.
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23 Q: I changed the server in the config files, but the new groups do not appear.
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25 A: You should run 'noffle --query groups' again. If you want all old group
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26 information deleted, you should remove the file data/groupinfo.gdbm in the
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27 spool directory before.
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31 Q: The Emacs news reader GNUS hangs while getting active list from server.
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33 A: This is a known phenomena and I believe that it is a bug with GNUS, because
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34 the log files show correct handling of client commands by noffle.
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