Re: [leafnode-list] how to run fetch parallel ?

[Matthias Andree <mandree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Thomas Mellenthin (melle@xxxxxxx) [1999-07-19 21:20]:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible to fetch only a selected newsgroup with the fetch command
> ?
> I want to improve the fetching-speed by running fetch parallel.
> I think I´ll run into problems because fetch uses lockfiles and stuff
> like this, but I hope it ist possible :/

Check the bandwidth use of your connection first. If it's loaded 100%,
there's no point in running fetch parallel.

>From the technical point of view: leafnode uses huge amounts of global
variables which effectively prevents running anything in parallel. 

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Matthias Andree

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