Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!ccavax!tinkelman From: tinkelman@ccavax.camb.com Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news Subject: Re: RE: A New Topic -- Tuning News Message-ID: <16896.25ce6b75@ccavax.camb.com> Date: 6 Feb 90 11:15:16 GMT References: <903.25cdb672@simpact.com> Organization: Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc. Lines: 15 In article <903.25cdb672@simpact.com>, Jamie Hanrahan, Simpact Associates, San Diego CA writes: > The thing I'm most unhappy about wrt NEWS performance is the startup time, > ie the time from when I type NEWS at the DCL prompt until I see my first > unread item or newsgroup directory or whatever. This is not a solution, but what I did (to reduce the number of times that I had to wait) was to run NEWS as one of my `kept processes'. F17 puts me into MAIL, F18 into NEWS, etc. I just have to remember to type UPDATE every once in a while. UPDATE takes a while, but less it seems than starting NEWS, and it's more under my control. -- Bob Tinkelman, Cambridge Computer Associates, Inc., 212-425-5830 bob@ccavax.camb.com or ...!uunet!ccavax!bob