| [Newsgroups] does newsdemon support header compression? does newsdemon support header compression? |
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 pb5kCan't TriforcePremium
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Glendale, AZ | IIRC, all the major providers (Giganews, Highwinds, Astraweb and Readnews) support header compression, and by extension so do their resellers. Newsdemon resells Highwinds, so they would be included in that group.
There's a discussion here on the the lost art of downloading headers for more info.
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| said by pb5k:IIRC, all the major providers (Giganews, Highwinds, Astraweb and Readnews) support header compression, and by extension so do their resellers. Newsdemon resells Highwinds, so they would be included in that group.
There's a discussion here on the the lost art of downloading headers for more info.
that is not correct I now have a usenetnow I love it but they don't support header compression. Since no one bothered to answer my question i had get a newsdemon trial account to find out and they do not support compression. It seems that giganews and astraweb are they only ones that do |
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pb5kCan't TriforcePremium
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Glendale, AZ | said by bluedyedvd:that is not correct I now have a usenetnow I love it but they don't support header compression.
What software are you using? Header compression has to be supported on the provider side and in the client's software as well. Might want to look into your software documentation to be sure they support it.
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| said by pb5k:said by bluedyedvd:that is not correct I now have a usenetnow I love it but they don't support header compression.
What software are you using? Header compression has to be supported on the provider side and in the client's software as well. Might want to look into your software documentation to be sure they support it. i use newsbin pro usenetnow rep emailed and said they don't support compression because few people use headers |
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said by pb5k:IIRC, all the major providers (Giganews, Highwinds, Astraweb and Readnews) support header compression, and by extension so do their resellers. Newsdemon resells Highwinds, so they would be included in that group.
There's a discussion here on the the lost art of downloading headers for more info.
I'm pretty sure Newsdemon doesn't resell Highwinds, since their servers don't resolve to Highwinds. |
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 Stem BoltAka Smiling BobPremium
join:2002-11-08
Cleveland, OH
kudos:2 | said by komal:I'm pretty sure Newsdemon doesn't resell Highwinds, since their servers don't resolve to Highwinds.
No, Newsdemon is a Highwinds reseller. They have been for years. When I run a tracert, I can see the Highwinds servers.
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pb5kCan't TriforcePremium
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Glendale, AZ | reply to bluedyedvd
Yep, my mistake. I emailed UNN support and they said they DO NOT currently support compression, but it "should be there in 2 months" or so.
Now the question will be which version they will use, since there are different implementations (zlib,gzip...etc) . ; )
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said by Stem Bolt:said by komal:I'm pretty sure Newsdemon doesn't resell Highwinds, since their servers don't resolve to Highwinds.
No, Newsdemon is a Highwinds reseller. They have been for years. When I run a tracert, I can see the Highwinds servers. hwng.net Yep, you're right.
I pinged the servers and the IP didn't resolve to Highwinds, I pinged it again when you said this and it does resolve to Highwinds now. Maybe just some momentary error.
Either way I am kicking myself hard to getting in on that $6 unlimited deal. I've had Newsgroupsdirect for $5 since Black Friday 2010, and at that same time I signed up with 2 other services and I had an existing Astraweb subscription. I wanted to try and see what was best.
I was planning on doing the same now, comparing Usenetnow (got in on the Black Friday deal), Newsgroupsdirect and Newsdemon, but NGDirect and Newsdemon sell the same damn service.
Oh well, only $6 down the drain.
In 2010 I was fed up with some Astra issues and now I'm fed up with some piss poor completion from Highwinds. We'll see how Usenetnow fares. It isn't cheap but maybe it'll be worth it. |
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