From:	MERC::"uunet!VM1.NoDak.EDU!ANU-NEWS" 24-JUN-1992 19:33:30.56
To:	Multiple recipients of list ANU-NEWS <ANU-NEWS@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
CC:	
Subj:	Re: Problems with /SERVED newsgroupsREAD/NEW/FOLLOWUP

In article <01GLK6S9EXG0000430@vms.ocom.okstate.edu>, Kimberly Churchwell <CHURC
HWELL@VMS.OCOM.OKSTATE.EDU> writes:
> We've finally got ANU News (v6.03) to run in client/server mode (thanks
> to Bob Sloane for mentioning the period needed in the logical
> NEWS_DEVICE), but all is still not well.  We've been able to create
> local newsgroups with no problems whatsoever, but the 750-odd newsgroups
> that we've set up as /SERVED from the Unix machine on our main campus
> are a little goofy.  For one thing, the titles of the items are not
> displayed in the directory listing when you select a served newsgroup
> (although they are displayed properly among the other headers when you
> read the item); the Internet address of the person who posted the item
> is shown in the column where the title would be displayed.

I found this one a while back.  Here's the VMS DIFF for 6.0.3:

************
File DISK$SYSTEM2:[ANU-NEWS.NEWS_SRC]NEWSREMCLIENT.C;182
 1238                   util_fromcpy(irecheck->itmfrom,cp);
 1239                   }
******
File DISK$SYSTEM2:[ANU-NEWS.NEWS_SRC]NEWSREMCLIENT.C;181
 1238                   util_fromcpy(irecheck->itmtitle,cp);
 1239                   }
************

Number of difference sections found: 1
Number of difference records found: 1

DIFFERENCES /IGNORE=()/MERGED=1/OUTPUT=DISK$SYSTEM2:[ANU-NEWS.NEWS_SRC]NEWSREMCL
IENT.DIFF;1-
    DISK$SYSTEM2:[ANU-NEWS.NEWS_SRC]NEWSREMCLIENT.C;182-
    DISK$SYSTEM2:[ANU-NEWS.NEWS_SRC]NEWSREMCLIENT.C;181

>                                                             (I got a
> suggestion to use the command SET PROFILE/FROMSIZE=0 to disable the
> display of the Internet address, but it still shows up in the "Title"
> column.)  Titles of local newsgroups are fine.  Also, NEWSSKIM runs
> _extremely_ slowly, taking 10-15 minutes to update each group.

That's right.  If you look closely, you'll see that the time is mostly being
spent waiting for the server to reply to commands.  The Unix system is doing
something that consumes a *lot* of cycles, in order to pass back information on
all new items.  There is another way that ANU news might ask, that is a lot
faster, but it might not be faster for *all* implementations.  I looked into
this a couple of years ago, but I misremember what the other way was.
--
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