Re: [leafnode-list] Fetchnews: maxnews will not accept value greater

[Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So should initialfetch be removed once it has been used?  Will it limit 
subsequent fetches?

Doug.

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 18:12, you wrote:
> Michael O'Quinn wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Cornelius Krasel wrote:
> > > Michael O'Quinn wrote:
> > > > Being able to set maxfetch to a much higher value would make life
> > > > much easier.  Even better being would be the ability to set it to
> > > > infinity. ("maxfetfch = 0"?)
> > >
> > > If you don't set maxfetch, fetchnews will retrieve an indefinite number
> > > of articles. There is no internal restriction on maxfetch I know of.
> >
> > That's what I thought would happen too, but it just ain't so!
> >
> > I made sure there was no maxfetch set, and then let 'er rip...
> >
> > > Feb 27 16:13:30 shire fetchnews[4353]: Read server info from
> > > /var/spool/news/leaf.node/clark.oquinn.info Feb 27 16:13:30 shire
> > > fetchnews[4353]: >GROUP async^M
> > > Feb 27 16:13:31 shire fetchnews[4353]: <211 775 1010406565 1014601648
> > > async selected Feb 27 16:13:31 shire fetchnews[4353]: skipping articles
> > > 1-1014581648 inclusive (initial limit) Feb 27 16:13:31 shire
> > > fetchnews[4353]: >XHDR Message-ID 1014581649-1014601648^M
> >
> > Taking the numbers on the last line and subtracting the smaller from the
> > larger yields a difference of 19999.
>
> It's because you retrieve the group for the first time and have set
> initialfetch (that's what your logfile says).
>
> --Cornelius.

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