Re: Gnus + Leafnode = 10 minutes to start

[SINNER]

* Stepan Golosunov wrote in gnu.emacs.gnus:
> SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid> writes:

>> * Charles philip Chan wrote in gnu.emacs.gnus:
>>> On 29 Dec 2006, 99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid wrote:

>>>> it is recreating the entire Usenet hierarchy in
>>>> ~News/marks/localhost/*

>>> Did you look in the directories? They only contain a .marks file.

>> No, but why would it mark what is not necessary?

>>>> ...  uk uq uunet vegas wales world yu ukc ural uva verio wanadoo
>>>> worldnet yuba ukonline us uvic vgc wanadoouk wpg z- ukr usask uvm vic
>>>> wash wpi za ukrainet usa-today uw video weblogic wri zen ...

>>> Are you subscribed to all these groups?

>> absolutley not.

>> [04:34 PM][J:0][sinner@~]$ cat .newsrc | grep ':'
>> alt.comp.os.linux: 1-64
>> alt.games.mame: 1-902,1598,1600
>> alt.os.linux: 1-1081,1433,2586,2588,2594-2595,2605-2606
>> alt.os.linux.debian: 1-213
>> alt.os.linux.ubuntu: 1-1231
>> alt.smokers.cigars: 1-1553
>> news.software.readers: 1-3000,3090-3092

> And without grep there are many more lines? Gnus is reading these
> groups too.

Yes, as any normal newsrc, it contains every possible group on the
server.

> You should kill all groups you are not going to read.

But that isnt what I should have to do is it? It sounds like an easy
cure for the symptoms but it dosent sound like the cure.

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