Subject: Re: long delays when entering Newsgroups field

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 13:50:35 -0500

Zachary H Leber wrote:
> 
> When I move my cursor through the Newsgroups: field in the header,
> Pine freezes for about 30 seconds.  I am using a remote NNTP server.
> Is this normal?

The amount of time seems to depend on how quickly the NNTP server
makes the connection.  On days when my remote NNTP server is slow,
it takes a while for the connection to be made.  It looks like
Pine will sit there until 1) it gets a connection or 2) it gets an
error message.

Lotus

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From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 13:15:54 -0800 (PST)

> Pine freezes for about 30 seconds.  I am using a remote NNTP server.

Zachary,
Does this still happen if you set the
  news-post-without-validation
feature?

-teg