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What usenet client are you using?

Started byJohn Thornley <thornjohn@gmail.com>
First post2015-02-17 21:21 +0000
Last post2015-02-27 03:15 +0000
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  What usenet client are you using? John Thornley <thornjohn@gmail.com> - 2015-02-17 21:21 +0000
    Re: What usenet client are you using? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-17 17:36 -0500
      Re: What usenet client are you using? heron stone <heron@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-17 15:15 -0800
        Re: What usenet client are you using? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-17 16:45 -0800
          Re: What usenet client are you using? erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2015-02-19 12:48 -0600
          Re: What usenet client are you using? Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2015-02-19 19:38 -0800
        Re: What usenet client are you using? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2015-02-18 22:50 +0100
      Re: What usenet client are you using? heron stone <heron@invalid.invalid> - 2015-02-17 15:16 -0800
      Re: What usenet client are you using? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-02-18 19:05 -0800
    Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-18 02:40 +0000
      Re: What usenet client are you using? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-17 20:25 -0800
        Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-18 04:32 +0000
    Re: What usenet client are you using? John  <email@domain.com> - 2015-02-18 00:18 -0600
      Re: What usenet client are you using? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-17 23:05 -0800
    Re: What usenet client are you using? Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2015-02-18 12:47 +0000
      Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-18 17:53 +0000
    Re: What usenet client are you using? unfrostedpoptart <david@therogoffs.com> - 2015-02-18 11:12 -0800
      Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-18 19:16 +0000
        Re: What usenet client are you using? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-02-18 16:43 -0800
          Re: What usenet client are you using? John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-02-19 04:46 +0000
          Re: What usenet client are you using? Moi <moi@moimoimoi.net> - 2015-02-18 21:31 -0800
        Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-24 06:13 +1300
          Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-23 17:28 +0000
      Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-19 11:34 +0000
    Re: What usenet client are you using? Bob E. <bespoke@invalid.tv> - 2015-02-18 21:34 -0800
      Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-19 06:04 +0000
        Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-24 06:04 +1300
          Re: What usenet client are you using? Bob E. <bespoke@invalid.tv> - 2015-03-07 20:37 -0800
            Re: What usenet client are you using? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-08 17:49 +1300
              Re: What usenet client are you using? M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-03-08 09:35 -0500
                Re: What usenet client are you using? M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-03-08 09:39 -0500
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-08 18:31 +0000
                  Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-03-08 19:22 +0000
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-08 19:39 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-09 08:56 +1300
                  Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-03-08 19:58 +0000
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-03-08 16:42 -0400
                      Re: What usenet client are you using? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-09 13:31 +1300
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-09 14:17 +0000
                      Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-03-10 00:18 +0000
                        Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-10 21:50 +0000
                          Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-03-11 04:46 +0000
                            Re: What usenet client are you using? M-M <nospam@ny.more> - 2015-03-11 09:21 -0400
                              Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-03-12 03:16 +0000
            Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-03-08 06:04 +0100
            Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-03-08 19:48 +1300
              Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-03-08 10:57 +0100
                Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-03-08 23:29 +1300
                  Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-03-08 11:36 +0100
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? christian150205@ghanart.org (Christian) - 2015-03-08 12:18 +0100
              Re: What usenet client are you using? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-09 10:48 +1300
                Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-03-09 14:33 +1300
    Re: What usenet client are you using? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-02-21 17:16 +0000
      Re: What usenet client are you using? Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2015-02-22 13:20 +0000
      Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-24 06:13 +1300
    Re: What usenet client are you using? Bill F <anon@anonumost.org> - 2015-02-22 17:56 -0500
      Re: What usenet client are you using? Me, myself and I <baiheli.pip.li@xs4all.nl> - 2015-02-23 00:05 +0100
        Re: What usenet client are you using? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-02-22 21:20 -0800
          Re: What usenet client are you using? Leonard Oglesby <email@domain.com> - 2015-02-22 21:48 -0800
      Re: What usenet client are you using? TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2015-02-22 17:07 -0600
        Re: What usenet client are you using? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-22 23:48 -0800
          Re: What usenet client are you using? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-23 11:49 -0500
            Re: What usenet client are you using? John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2015-02-25 23:01 -0500
      Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-23 15:45 +0000
        Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-24 06:13 +1300
          Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-24 03:25 +0000
            Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-24 22:03 +1300
              Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-24 12:06 +0100
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-24 15:48 +0000
                  Re: What usenet client are you using? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-02-24 08:29 -0800
                  Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-24 18:08 +0100
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-25 16:09 +0000
                      Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-25 17:27 +0100
                  Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-25 11:58 +1300
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-25 16:04 +0000
              Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-24 15:40 +0000
              Re: What usenet client are you using? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-02-24 16:15 +0000
              Re: What usenet client are you using? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-25 10:15 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-25 12:01 +0100
                  Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-26 03:19 +1300
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-25 14:31 +0000
                      Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-25 17:34 +0000
                        Re: What usenet client are you using? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-02-26 08:55 +1300
                          Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-25 21:16 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-27 03:39 +0000
                  Re: What usenet client are you using? tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.org> - 2015-02-27 05:10 +0000
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-02-27 09:29 +0000
              Re: What usenet client are you using? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-25 07:40 -0500
              Re: What usenet client are you using? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-02-26 05:12 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-26 08:39 +0100
                  Re: What usenet client are you using? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 08:40 -0500
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 14:06 +0000
                      Re: What usenet client are you using? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 10:22 -0500
                        Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 15:32 +0000
                          Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-26 17:30 +0000
                            Re: What usenet client are you using? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 13:21 -0500
                            Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 18:45 +0000
                          Re: What usenet client are you using? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 13:20 -0500
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? android <here@there.was> - 2015-02-26 15:19 +0100
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-26 15:28 +0000
                      Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 15:39 +0000
                        Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-26 17:25 +0000
                          Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 18:32 +0000
                            Re: What usenet client are you using? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-26 23:17 +0000
                              Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 23:48 +0000
                  Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 14:04 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-26 14:03 +0000
                Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-26 15:32 +0000
                  Re: What usenet client are you using? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-26 13:19 -0500
                    Re: What usenet client are you using? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-02-27 03:15 +0000

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#69866 — What usenet client are you using?

FromJohn Thornley <thornjohn@gmail.com>
Date2015-02-17 21:21 +0000
SubjectWhat usenet client are you using?
Message-ID<54e3b0d4$0$53943$b1db1813$b96576b3@news.astraweb.com>
Hi folks,

Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?

I had been using Unison, version 2.2, but it became unusable on 
Yosemite for me.  It would crash frequently and I was unable to load up 
some of the bigger groups I was subscribed to.  I took advice and 
downgraded to 1.8.1 and it seems to be much better, although still 
freezes and crashes when loading groups.

I don't really know of any other usenet clients on that Mac that 
actually let you browse newsgroups the way in which Unison does.  I 
like the idea of being able to browse binary groups with a client like 
Unison.

Any input or suggestions is appreciated.

John

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#69872

FromAlan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca>
Date2015-02-17 17:36 -0500
Message-ID<xtKdnfzoYefvX37JnZ2dnUU7-dednZ2d@giganews.com>
In reply to#69866
On 2015.02.17 16:21 , John Thornley wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?
>
> I had been using Unison, version 2.2, but it became unusable on Yosemite
> for me.  It would crash frequently and I was unable to load up some of
> the bigger groups I was subscribed to.  I took advice and downgraded to
> 1.8.1 and it seems to be much better, although still freezes and crashes
> when loading groups.
>
> I don't really know of any other usenet clients on that Mac that
> actually let you browse newsgroups the way in which Unison does.  I like
> the idea of being able to browse binary groups with a client like Unison.

Recent discussion:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sys.mac.apps/wAyedtKxQ2U/qWci6c0mn9UJ

Unison 1.8.1 is probably your best bet for binaries at present.

I use Thunderbird.

-- 
"Your net worth to the world is usually
  determined by what remains after your
  bad habits are subtracted from your good ones."
                                   Benjamin Franklin

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#69874

Fromheron stone <heron@invalid.invalid>
Date2015-02-17 15:15 -0800
Message-ID<170220151515416560%heron@invalid.invalid>
In reply to#69872

Unison 2.1.10 works fine for me 10.10

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#69877

Fromgtr <xxx@yyy.zzz>
Date2015-02-17 16:45 -0800
Message-ID<201502171645366590-xxx@yyyzzz>
In reply to#69874
On 2015-02-17 23:15:41 +0000, heron stone said:

> Unison 2.1.10 works fine for me 10.10

Unison 2.1.10 works fine for me with 10.10.2

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#69957

Fromerilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid>
Date2015-02-19 12:48 -0600
Message-ID<drache-63FEA6.12480819022015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>
In reply to#69877
I use MTNW with eternalseptember on my laptop and NewsTap with it on my 
iPad.  I don't have problems with "up"grades I refuse to install.  Other 
people do and do.

-- 
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

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#69988

FromOtto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com>
Date2015-02-19 19:38 -0800
Message-ID<190220151938143447%otto@bogus.address.com>
In reply to#69877
In article <201502171645366590-xxx@yyyzzz>, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:

> On 2015-02-17 23:15:41 +0000, heron stone said:
> 
> > Unison 2.1.10 works fine for me 10.10
> 
> Unison 2.1.10 works fine for me with 10.10.2
> 

Thoth 1.9.1.2 works fine for me for both text and binaries on 10.10.2.

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#69902

FromErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid>
Date2015-02-18 22:50 +0100
Message-ID<mc31f6$3pq$1@solani.org>
In reply to#69874
heron stone wrote:
> Unison 2.1.10 works fine for me 10.10

I stick to either SeaMonkey news client or Thunderbird on all myh 
machines - both Mac and windows. Both apps are identically setup on both 
platforms.

Cheers, Erik Richard

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NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com
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#69875

Fromheron stone <heron@invalid.invalid>
Date2015-02-17 15:16 -0800
Message-ID<170220151516229049%heron@invalid.invalid>
In reply to#69872
and i use Thoth for text... Unison for DLs

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#69916

FromJohn McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net>
Date2015-02-18 19:05 -0800
Message-ID<mc3js8$kg7$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#69872
On 2/17/15   PDT 2:36 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
> On 2015.02.17 16:21 , John Thornley wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?
>>
>> I had been using Unison, version 2.2, but it became unusable on Yosemite
>> for me.  It would crash frequently and I was unable to load up some of
>> the bigger groups I was subscribed to.  I took advice and downgraded to
>> 1.8.1 and it seems to be much better, although still freezes and crashes
>> when loading groups.
>>
>> I don't really know of any other usenet clients on that Mac that
>> actually let you browse newsgroups the way in which Unison does.  I like
>> the idea of being able to browse binary groups with a client like Unison.
>
> Recent discussion:
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.sys.mac.apps/wAyedtKxQ2U/qWci6c0mn9UJ
>
> Unison 1.8.1 is probably your best bet for binaries at present.
>
> I use Thunderbird.
>
Agree with AB on both points. Been using T-Bird for a long time.

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#69880

Fromtmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com>
Date2015-02-18 02:40 +0000
Message-ID<slrnme7utr.109s.tmo1138@davidjr-macpro.local>
In reply to#69866
On 2015-02-17, John Thornley <thornjohn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?
>
>
> Any input or suggestions is appreciated.
>
> John
>

I went back to slrn.  I haven't been able to get Unison to work decently on
10.10.x at all.

 
-- 
It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.
		-- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)

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#69882

Fromgtr <xxx@yyy.zzz>
Date2015-02-17 20:25 -0800
Message-ID<2015021720254512063-xxx@yyyzzz>
In reply to#69880
On 2015-02-18 02:40:20 +0000, tmo1138 said:

> On 2015-02-17, John Thornley <thornjohn@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?
>> 
>> Any input or suggestions is appreciated.
> 
> I went back to slrn.  I haven't been able to get Unison to work decently on
> 10.10.x at all.

Curious.  I've never had a significant problem with 2.1.10.  I can 
still crash it fusssing with my personality/signature options, which I 
don't have much need for.  So I don't do that.

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#69883

Fromtmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com>
Date2015-02-18 04:32 +0000
Message-ID<slrnme85fj.1av.tmo1138@davidjr-macpro.local>
In reply to#69882
On 2015-02-18, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2015-02-18 02:40:20 +0000, tmo1138 said:
>
>> On 2015-02-17, John Thornley <thornjohn@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?
>>> 
>>> Any input or suggestions is appreciated.
>> 
>> I went back to slrn.  I haven't been able to get Unison to work decently on
>> 10.10.x at all.
>
> Curious.  I've never had a significant problem with 2.1.10.  I can 
> still crash it fusssing with my personality/signature options, which I 
> don't have much need for.  So I don't do that.
>

I asked Panic about it.. they gave a suggestion to uninstall, remove specific
files/folders, and reboot..  Initial tryouts were favorable so I might switch
back. Of course slrn does just what I want -which is let me read news..


-- 
Lend money to a bad debtor and he will hate you.

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#69884

FromJohn <email@domain.com>
Date2015-02-18 00:18 -0600
Message-ID<mc1aql$aul$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#69866

I am using Unison 2.2 with OSX 10.10.2. No problems.

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#69886

Fromgtr <xxx@yyy.zzz>
Date2015-02-17 23:05 -0800
Message-ID<2015021723051794239-xxx@yyyzzz>
In reply to#69884
On 2015-02-18 06:18:36 +0000, John said:

> I am using Unison 2.2 with OSX 10.10.2. No problems.

Lucky you.  Stick with it.

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#69888

FromBruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com>
Date2015-02-18 12:47 +0000
Message-ID<mc21kn$b20$1@remote5bge0.ripco.com>
In reply to#69866
John Thornley <thornjohn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?

> I had been using Unison, version 2.2, but it became unusable on 
> Yosemite for me.  It would crash frequently and I was unable to load up 
> some of the bigger groups I was subscribed to.  I took advice and 
> downgraded to 1.8.1 and it seems to be much better, although still 
> freezes and crashes when loading groups.

I've used Unison for years and agree with your observation on how it handles
the binary groups, none of the others come close.

The thing with the freezes and crashes with "the bigger groups", look in the
directory where the databases are, which is usually something like:

/Users/you/Library/Application Support/com.panic.Unison2/name-of-the-server

and see if any of them are around 1GB or more. I don't know what internal
database engine Unison uses but it seems like after those files get past 1GB
(maybe even lower, like 750mb) it really slows down loading that group and
sometimes even fails to load the group at all.

Just delete the large ones. Next time you enter the group it'll just reload
the headers depending on the Preference settings, which I actually have
configured for 2,000,000 headers. On large groups like
alt.binaries.multimedia, usually the purge happens once every 7-10 days but
it really speeds up the load time to enter the group.

For what it's worth, I'm on Yosemite using 2.1.10 and it works fine besides
the large database files problem, but that has been there for years. I
haven't "upgraded" to the last release only because this one runs fine.

If you are talking about groups like alt.binaries.mom or boneless, I doubt
there are many newreaders that can open and keep the headers up-to-date,
those have billions of headers and even loading in 10,000,000 headers
is barely a days worth. It's better on those to use like binsearch.info or a
program called SpotLite (docs/download at):

https://www.binaries4all.com/spotlite/installation.php 

which is bit of a bear because it's written in norwegian or something but
doesn't take much mucking around to figure it out. Both binsearch and
SpotLite end up giving you an nzb file, which if associated with Unison will
grab the download just by double clicking on it.

-bruce
bje@ripco.com

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#69898

FromDoc O'Leary <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com>
Date2015-02-18 17:53 +0000
Message-ID<mc2ji8$11o$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#69888
For your reference, records indicate that 
Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> wrote:

> I don't know what internal
> database engine Unison uses but it seems like after those files get past 1GB
> (maybe even lower, like 750mb) it really slows down loading that group and
> sometimes even fails to load the group at all.

It uses SQLite, which should be fine for even a semi-large database.  The
real problems is probably in how Unison manages it (e.g., it might not be
using transactions in certain places).  It’s all moot at this point, though.

-- 
"Also . . . I can kill you with my brain."
River Tam, Trash, Firefly

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#69900

Fromunfrostedpoptart <david@therogoffs.com>
Date2015-02-18 11:12 -0800
Message-ID<69aa232b-a43c-4816-aa1d-e797c5c4f1c5@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#69866
On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 1:21:26 PM UTC-8, John Thornley wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?

For text, groups.google.com actually works pretty well.

For binaries, I've tried many and couldn't stand any of the Mac programs so I stuck with newsleecher which can run fine under Crossover/Wine or Fusion/Parallels.

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#69901

FromJolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Date2015-02-18 19:16 +0000
Message-ID<ckk6oeFnsfbU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#69900
On 2015-02-18, unfrostedpoptart <david@therogoffs.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 1:21:26 PM UTC-8, John Thornley wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?
>
> For text, groups.google.com actually works pretty well.

Uh, no, no it does not. It formats posts horribly, and since Google
allows idiots and spammers to use it, many (including me) often
disregard posts from Google Groups.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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#69914

FromAnt <ant@zimage.comANT>
Date2015-02-18 16:43 -0800
Message-ID<LoSdnQKhg-hdrHjJnZ2dnUU7-fudnZ2d@earthlink.com>
In reply to#69901
On 2/18/2015 11:16 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?
>>
>> For text, groups.google.com actually works pretty well.
>
> Uh, no, no it does not. It formats posts horribly, and since Google
> allows idiots and spammers to use it, many (including me) often
> disregard posts from Google Groups.

Ditto.
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#69919

FromJohn <Man@the.keyboard>
Date2015-02-19 04:46 +0000
Message-ID<l4qaeapsdf1ke9ll0i61hntb56g98v7ka1@4ax.com>
In reply to#69914
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:43:44 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>On 2/18/2015 11:16 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> Just wondering what usenet client you guys are using?

 Forté's Agent. On a Windosed box. I never read UseNet on the Mac.
There's no reason for this, it's just legacy, laziness and the fact
that Agent "just works". 

>>>
>>> For text, groups.google.com actually works pretty well.

 Y'know, when I read things like that I rather feel sad, depressed and
a little afraid for the future of our "civilisation". 
 My sister, who re-installed Firefox cleanly on Saturday and who found
it unusable "because of all the pop-ups" on the Tuesday, says things
like that. 
 She has *toolbars*. In her *browser*. Many, many of them. 
 She likes g-docs, as well. 

>>
>> Uh, no, no it does not. It formats posts horribly, and since Google
>> allows idiots and spammers to use it, many (including me) often
>> disregard posts from Google Groups.
>
>Ditto.

 I don't block the entire domain, just random idiots. Other random
idiots are so funny they are worth keeping.
 This policy does mean my kill-filter file is enormous but storage and
CPU are dirt cheap so who cares?
                                      J.

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