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pan 0.11.2.xx anyone know how to avoid downloading all headers the first time

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Michael Kelly

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Apr 24, 2002, 5:48:42 PM4/24/02
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I'm running Pan newsreader(v 0.11.2.91) and I haven't been able to
figure out how to avoid downloading all headers the first time selecting
a group.

As soon as I put the mouse on a group it starts the all download,
which could be 20,000 headers. Is there a Stop hotkey or a way to
get it to wait until you can use the "sample" headers command?
I didn't see anything in the FAQ.


TIA

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Karen

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Apr 26, 2002, 12:53:57 AM4/26/02
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At the bottom, on the left it says "Tasks". Click on that and it opens a
pane where you can stop a download (it's the two icons in the top left of
that pane).

To sample headers, right click on the newsgroup, select "download
articles..." and that brings up a "download __ most recent headers"
window.

Pan is not very intuitive and I've not found any help files. Anything I
know is from exploring the program and clicking all the different
settings to see what they do. Don't forget right clicks in your
explorations.

Karen

Michael Kelly

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Apr 26, 2002, 12:46:44 PM4/26/02
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On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:53:57 -0700, Karen <kar...@spamcop.net> wrote:

>On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 14:48:42 -0700, Michael Kelly wrote:
>
>> I'm running Pan newsreader(v 0.11.2.91) and I haven't been able to
>> figure out how to avoid downloading all headers the first time selecting
>> a group.
>>
>> As soon as I put the mouse on a group it starts the all download, which
>> could be 20,000 headers. Is there a Stop hotkey or a way to get it to
>> wait until you can use the "sample" headers command? I didn't see
>> anything in the FAQ.
>>
>>
>> TIA
>>
>
>At the bottom, on the left it says "Tasks". Click on that and it opens a
>pane where you can stop a download (it's the two icons in the top left of
>that pane).

Cool. Thanks. I thought Pan maybe in an earlier version
stopped on Control-S but I'm not sure.

>
>To sample headers, right click on the newsgroup, select "download
>articles..." and that brings up a "download __ most recent headers"
>window.

Yes I found that one. Just didn't know how to stop.


>
>Pan is not very intuitive and I've not found any help files. Anything I
>know is from exploring the program and clicking all the different
>settings to see what they do. Don't forget right clicks in your
>explorations.

You've been a great help. Thanks again. :)

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- Woody Allen

Michael Kelly

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Apr 26, 2002, 1:00:21 PM4/26/02
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On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 00:53:57 -0400, Karen wrote:

> At the bottom, on the left it says "Tasks". Click on that and it opens a
> pane where you can stop a download (it's the two icons in the top left
> of that pane).

Hmm, so far it just seems to ignore the cancel. It just goes
and finishes the download anyway. Guess that's why it's a beta. :)
Oh well, maybe later they'll fix it. :)

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