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From: storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: nntp speed through loopback
Keywords: nn nntp speed rn rrn
Message-ID: <359@texas.dk>
Date: 6 Jul 89 17:33:00 GMT
References: <508@eda.com>
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jim@eda.com (Jim Budler) writes:

>If I, the only user of the machine with the news on its own disk use
>nntp, how much actual performance loss will I encounter? I assume
>rrn and nn would connect through the loopback instead of actually
>going through the ethernet. (correct???)

I cannot speak for rrn, but nn will see that you are running on
the news server and access the spool directory directly, i.e. not
involving the network or nntp at all.
-- 
Kim F. Storm        storm@texas.dk        Tel +45 429 174 00
Texas Instruments, Marielundvej 46E, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark
	  No news is good news, but nn is better!