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From: gerland@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Jim Gerland - Manager, User Support Services)
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Re: SKIM and CREATE NEWSGROUPS questions
Message-ID: <35.25b73933@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu>
Date: 19 Jan 90 20:58:43 GMT
References: <1990Jan19.172043.5885@athena.mit.edu>
Organization: Academic Computing Services, University at Buffalo
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In article <1990Jan19.172043.5885@athena.mit.edu>, chuck@mitlns.mit.edu writes:
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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
>> 
>   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?!

It appears to be except that many groups are not getting updated correctly.
Here is the end of the .LOG:

Job NEWSSKIM (queue STAFFBATCHC, entry 320) holding until 19-JAN-1990 14:45
  NEWSMGR      job terminated at 19-JAN-1990 10:45:04.57

  Accounting information:
  Buffered I/O count:        30456      Peak working set size:  2670
  Direct I/O count:          98010      Peak page file size:    7065
  Page faults:                2639      Mounted volumes:           0
  Charged CPU time:     0 00:09:58.39   Elapsed time:     0 01:35:14.48

Jim...