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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: tin 1.3 beta port for FreeBSD? References: <4b6u5a$hpi@tzlink.j51.com> <DJv4x7.Mtw@ritz.mordor.com> <4b82cs$jjp@tzlink.j51.com> Organization: Mordor International Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 05:24:24 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Message-ID: <DJvDoo.27J@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 23 Louis Epstein (lepslog@j51.com) wrote: : Chris Mauritz (ritz@ritz.mordor.com) wrote: : : Louis Epstein (lepslog@j51.com) wrote: : : : The current FreeBSD port for tin uses 1.22...does anyone have one for : : : the 1.3 beta that is supposed to give improved performance? : : I never could get 1.3beta to properly make use of news overview : : files. It always insisted on building index files in the user's : : home directory, which wastes a LOT of disk space. I ended up : : switching back to 1.22. : Hmmm...does Iain Lea know about this? Beats me. I posted about it a few times in news.software.readers (or somesuch) and never got any response from Iain or anyone else. *shrug* Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451