Re: gnus fetching headers for ages

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:20:26 +0000 xtd8865@gmail.com (.Martin.) wrote: 

M> When I check for new messages by pressing 'g' and entering a particular
M> group, the speed is ok, however, when I go back to the list of groups
M> (Shift + L) and press RET to see old messages from a particular group it
M> takes ages to enter a particular group. First it is 'Fetching headers
M> for alt.......' then 'Generating summary'. Obviously it's a waste of
M> time and bandwith to do it every single time. How can I modify my
M> configuration to change this behaviour? This is my .gnus

M> | ;; don't ask how many email to dowload
M> | (setq gnus-large-newsgroup 'nil)

Use `C-u 100 RET' to read the last 100 messages.  Right now you're
getting every message, which goes back a long ways.

If the group has any new or marked messages this doesn't happen, but
otherwise you'll get everything.

Ted