> >I had posted this earlier but have not seen any mail from yarn-list i
> >a few days now. There has been problems with my ISPs' mail queue and
> >I would not be surprised that I have been thrown out of this list
> >again.
>
> If you think that you have been unsubscribed from the Yarn list, try
> unsubscribing, and, then, resubcribing, as per the instructions in
> english.doc.
This one came through fine. Funny things are happening and I do not
know which end is at fault. <g>
snip ...
> >1. Souper95 v1.5 seems to be slow when fetching news. Has the speed
> > been improved in v1.6?
>
> Personally, I cannot see any difference, on my end. My news server
> can be real flaky at times.
That could be my problem too as my ISP has problems with the nntp, pop
and smtp servers which they hope to cure ASAP.
> Sometimes, when using Souper95, it times out while trying to access
> the news server. Otherwise, when things are "normal", I can't see any
> difference between the two versions, in that respect.
Mine does not time out but it does take more time to fetch news and mail
as compared to the uqwk setup I used earlier.
snip ...
> >4. Regarding the kill/score-file. Is it still on the download and
> > wipe basis? If so, any chance of getting a kill before download
> > version? Else I must start learning how to use the trn kill
> > function.
>
> If you have a score file set up for Souper95 with killfile statements,
> then articles that match the expressions listed there are "killed"
> before downloading the final packet. Those "killed" articles will not
> appear when you load Yarn and view your newsgroups offline. I hope
> that this answered your question. If not, please let me know.
Thanks. That does answer my questions.
James