Re: Last version of Agent that works efficiently on a dialup connection?

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:14:29 +1200, Ralph Fox <-rf-nz-@-.invalid> wrote as
underneath my scribble :

Answers:   1.9xxxxxxxxxx4.2x
1.xxxxxxxxxxNoxxxxxxxxxxNo
2.xxxxxxxxxxNoxxxxxxxxxxNo
3.xxxxxxCant FindxxxxxxxNo
Ps I upgraded from one to the other by making a copy of the original Agent Prog
tree and then upgrading - so you would expect all the previous settings to be in
use by the new Agent 4.2x iteration.
Stacks of free memory HD, Swap and RAM(2G)
and thanks for helping!   Charlie+

>
>A.  There are several Agent settings which can have a big effect on
>    the speed of downloading headers.
>
>    Can you compare these three settings between your two installs of Agent,
>    and post the settings for each?
>
>    (1)   Always get complete list of server's available messages
>    (2)   Server creates messages out of order
>    (3)   Use the XHDR command instead of XOVER
>
>
>B.  How much free memory does your computer have?
>
>    Agent 4.2 expects more memory than Agent 1.93


>On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:11:31 +0100, in message
<2ag594paqg1jsivf9n7ivuqib4djc129jk@4ax.com>,
>Charlie+ wrote:
>
>> OK ---  I changed the connections to 2 (having followed pointer
>> lower in the thread) and tried a direct comparison this morning d/l exactly
>> the same set of headers from the same (multiple) groups from the same ISP
>> at the same connect speed with the same error count of 2 which is standard,
>> there were no visible gaps in transfer.
>> Agent 1.9x  =  6 minutes 09 seconds
>> Agent 4.2x  =  15 minutes 30 seconds
>> A very substantial difference I think you will agree!
>> Charlie+
>
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