Re: What is gnus reading when it says `nntp read NNN'

[Harry Putnam]

Richmond <p1299721@protonmail.com> writes:

> Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:
>
>> When gnus is asked to retrieve lots of back messages from a group I
>> see `nntp read' followed by some numbers advances as each line
>> appears.
>>
>> What is it that is being read ... server active file.... list of
>> messages... each line of messages ... what?
>
> I should think it is retrieving the message headers. That's what my gnus
> does when I select /o to retrieve old messages.
>
> If I want to download the articles using the agent I mark them all for
> download and then download them.

So do the numbers represent lines read? or characters maybe?

Maybe one set of nov info... for each line?