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4 <title>NOFFLE FAQ</title>
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11 <h1>NOFFLE FAQ</h1>
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15 <hr>
16 <p>
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18 <b>Q:</b> What is the difference between NOFFLE and leafnode?
19 <p>
20 <b>A:</b> NOFFLE uses less resources (disk space and bandwidth). Downloading
21 groups in overview mode is several times faster, because it uses the XOVER
22 command instead of HEAD. In addition, there is the quasi-transparent mode,
23 when online, which allows to browse through groups and cache everything
24 without subscribing.
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27 <hr>
28 <p>
29
30 <b>Q:</b> I subscribe to groups, but get a "Retreiving failed"
31 message for every requested article.
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33 <b>A:</b> Some news server do not allow retrieving articles by message-ID.
34 You cannot use NOFFLE together with these servers presently.
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36 <p>
37 <hr>
38 <p>
39
40 <b>Q:</b> I changed the server in the config files, but the
41 new groups do not appear.
42 <p>
43 <b>A:</b> You should run <code>noffle --query groups</code> again. If you
44 want all old group information deleted, you should remove the file
45 data/groupinfo.gdbm in the spool directory before.
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48 <hr>
49 <p>
50
51 <b>Q:</b> The Emacs news reader GNUS hangs while getting active list
52 from server.
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54 <b>A:</b> This is a known phenomena and I believe that it is a bug with
55 GNUS, because the log files show correct handling of client commands by
56 noffle.
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