Subject: PINE 3.91/3.92 and nntp 'pinging'

From: Don Miller <[email-masked]>
Date: 2 Nov 1995 01:00:01 GMT

Greetings, all:

     We have PINE 3.91 running on a sparc (Solaris 2.3), using a remote 
newsfeed, and the following problem has arisen:  When a user has the 
expanded-view-of-folders option toggled on, and has a news collection which 
points to the remote nntp server, then every time they open PINE, even just 
their INBOX or another local mail file, PINE keeps establishing connections to 
the nntp-server, presumably to keep updating the list of subscribed newsgroups.

     Since most users check their e-mail far more often than they use the news 
services, is there a way to suppress this, or alternatively to have the program 
allow them to select expanded-view-of-folders for their Mail collection ONLY? 
(Most of them seem to find it confusing to have to expand the folder each time 
they look at an index...).  If this isn't possible in 3.91, any hope it might be 
available in 3.92 or a future release?

     Thanks in advance for any information you may have on this.

Don Miller
< [email-masked] >