Re: Xnews - more than 4 connections
- From: John Wunderlich <jwunderlich@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 19:30:49 GMT
Kobold <Kobold@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:15WdnTyjXP5eP4neRVnygQ@xxxxxxxxxxxx:
> Is it possible to have more than 4 connections with Xnews? It's
> now possible to have 10 connections with Giganews, and with text
> groups it's not that much of a load to have more than 4
> connections to get all new headers.
>
No.
For better or worse, one of Xnews' author's design requirements when
he wrote the code was that it would be GNKSA 2.0 (Good Net Keeping
Seal of Approval) compliant. GNKSA Rule #19 states:
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19) Be kind to servers, leave room for others
Reading or posting software MUST NOT put excessive demands on news
servers unnecessarily. The sofware MUST limit itself to 4
simultaneous connections to a given server. Spurious connects and
unnecessary traffic MUST be avoided; the software MUST use as few as
possible connections, reusing existing connections whenever
possible.
Rationale: News systems are big, resources are scarce, and every
resource claimed is provided at the expense of other users.
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HTH,
John
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