Re: [leafnode-list] Leafnode and Pan

[Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A further observation:

Knode displays references to the message under reply.  By clicking on the 
reference number, I can access an article even if i cannot do so from the 
listing.

Doug.

On Tuesday 26 March 2002 9:52 pm, you wrote:
> Thanks Ralf.  I am managing with Sylpheed, but it is not as convenient to
> use.  Downloading numerous bodies takes time, but the updates should be a
> lot quicker.  The best time to switch would probably be starihgt after
> running fetchnews.
>
> Version 2.0 is much faster, but I had other problems with it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug.
>
> On Tuesday 26 March 2002 7:43 pm, you wrote:
> > * Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> > > Hopefully the final instalment in this sage:
> > >
> > > I have just tried reading news with slrn (I don't have tin) reading the
> > > same Leafnode spool as Knode, and all the missing articles are still
> > > there.  The only thing that I can't understand is that in
> > > /soc/genealogy/australia+nz (to use the example in my last posting) the
> > > message number quoted by Knode is not listed.  Perhaps I am looking in
> > > the wrong place.  But if slrn works, who cares?
> >
> > Probably some explanation might help (not sure if it was said already):
> >
> > Leafnode in delaybody mode fetches headers, virtually leaving the
> > article bodies empty.  Reading those (regularly stored) articles
> > makes leafnode fetch the bodies next time (storing the old article
> > numbers in interesting.groups/group.name).  This next fetchnews run
> > deletes the old (incomplete) articles and saves the complete articles
> > in the spool, with a new article number (since they should be increasing
> > monotonously).
> >
> > This does not happen when not in delaybody mode.  The behaviour
> > described above might cause trouble with newsreaders that don't cope
> > with this way (seems to me Knode and PAN belong to these).  Suggest
> > turning off delaybody if that does not hurt you or using a different
> > reader.
> >
> > BTW:  Switching from delaybody=1 to delaybody=0 _does_ prevent getting
> > outstanding bodies, so be careful.
> >
> > HTH&HAND
> > Ralf

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