Thread: news.postgresql.org slow

news.postgresql.org slow

From
stig erikson
Date:
Hi.
this might not be the correct place to ask but i see not better place.

i use the news server news.postgresql.org. every now and then i go
offline and i usually do a offline synchronization before (download
every message, head + body).

the news.postgresql.org server seems to have some speed limit that only
allows the receiver (my news reader) to fetch ~2 messages per second.
this is painfully slow.
would it be possible for the server holder to change this limit (if such
a limit is in place) to allow, say, twice as many bodies to be
transmitted per second?

it is not a bandwidth problem at my end (but could of course be
something else at my end), i don't see this problem with other news
servers though.

thanks
stig

Re: news.postgresql.org slow

From
"Marc G. Fournier"
Date:
On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, stig erikson wrote:

> Hi.
> this might not be the correct place to ask but i see not better place.
>
> i use the news server news.postgresql.org. every now and then i go offline
> and i usually do a offline synchronization before (download every message,
> head + body).
>
> the news.postgresql.org server seems to have some speed limit that only
> allows the receiver (my news reader) to fetch ~2 messages per second.
> this is painfully slow.
> would it be possible for the server holder to change this limit (if such a
> limit is in place) to allow, say, twice as many bodies to be transmitted per
> second?
>
> it is not a bandwidth problem at my end (but could of course be something
> else at my end), i don't see this problem with other news servers though.

There are no limits imposed on the news server, but you might want to try
news.fr.postgresql.org, which might be a closer server for you ...

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Re: news.postgresql.org slow

From
stig erikson
Date:
Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, stig erikson wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>> this might not be the correct place to ask but i see not better place.
>>
>> i use the news server news.postgresql.org. every now and then i go
>> offline and i usually do a offline synchronization before (download
>> every message, head + body).
>>
>> the news.postgresql.org server seems to have some speed limit that
>> only allows the receiver (my news reader) to fetch ~2 messages per
>> second.
>> this is painfully slow.
>> would it be possible for the server holder to change this limit (if
>> such a limit is in place) to allow, say, twice as many bodies to be
>> transmitted per second?
>>
>> it is not a bandwidth problem at my end (but could of course be
>> something else at my end), i don't see this problem with other news
>> servers though.
>
> There are no limits imposed on the news server, but you might want to
> try news.fr.postgresql.org, which might be a closer server for you ...
>
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> Marc G. Fournier           Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
> Email: scrappy@hub.org           Yahoo!: yscrappy              ICQ: 7615664
>
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thank you.
that made a difference, the french server is twice as fast for me.