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From: chuck@mitlns.mit.edu
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Re: SKIM and CREATE NEWSGROUPS questions
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Date: 19 Jan 90 17:14:29 GMT
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In article <29.25b6e3a0@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu>, gerland@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Jim Gerland - Manager, User Support Services) writes...
>background: news 5.9b vms 5.2 win/tcp 5.1 nntp between VAXcluster & Sun 
> 
>A few more questions:
> 
> 
>(2) I have NEWSSKIM run every 4 hours to query the Sun newsserver for new
>    articles (should new newsgroups be part of this?).  However, it does
>    not update every group with every item.  For example, my Sun has over
>    10 articles in rec.guns but my VAXhas only 1 after every SKIM.  If I
>    type SET NEWS /SERVER=NEWS at the NEWS> prompt, it updates with every
>    article /SINCE=TODAY.  Can someone explain why these are not the same?
> 
  I can't help but maybe you can help me. What protocol are you using?
I'm trying to use a remote sun server as well over tcpip. SKIM is so
slow as to be useless. I've posted this as a question recently and several
people told me that was also their experience. Are you able to run
successfully? How?!

				Thanks Chuck Parsons
				Chuck@MITLNS.MIT.EDU
				CHUCK@MITLNS.BITNET