From: noreply@mixmin.net   
      
   On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:17:00 -0400, Yamn Remailer    
   wrote:   
   >How do you reset newsgroup downloads, because I don't want hamster to   
   >download 600 messages after being away for a week.   
      
   https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hamster+site%3Adanner-net.de&ia=web   
   >http://www.danner-net.de/omom/tutornymreceive.htm   
   >...   
   >That's where the integrated Hamster server comes into play. It offers a   
   >local news server, preconfigured to work as a buffer of the group where your   
   >nym replies get posted. In freely definable time intervals it contacts the   
   >external NNTP server looking for new articles and downloading them.   
   >It's very easy to get your Hamster make a move on. Go to the 'Hamster' >   
   >'Run' tab and click 'Start'. And if you want Hamster to start along with   
   >OmniMix check the 'Autostart' box.   
   >After a few seconds Hamster gets active, which you can see at the 'Hamster'   
   >log list. First it creates resp. updates internal reports, then, after a   
   >while, as per specification at the next quarter of an hour, it starts to   
   >download 'alt.anonymous.messages' articles from the 'news.mixmin.messages'   
   >server already mentioned above.   
   >This is also done using the OmniMix NNTP proxy server, so that Hamster   
   >isn't exposed to the Internet. The download process may take some time   
   >depending on the 'Pull Limit First' value, which describes the number of   
   >latest articles to retrieve when doing so for the first time. From then on   
   >all articles are downloaded, as defined in 'Pull Limit Later' ('0').   
   >To activate Hamster parameter changes shut down Hamster, press the 'Update   
   >Hamster Configuration' button at the 'Hamster' > 'Config' tab, then restart   
   >Hamster. That's also the place where you define the connection parameters   
   >of Hamster's NNTP server. If you change the port number take care that it   
   >doesn't collide with other services, esp. OmniMix.   
   >At Hamster's 'Groups' tab you can even specify the set of newsgroups Hamster   
   >has to stock. The integration of further groups beyond alt.anonymous.messages   
   >may once become relevant with an increasing number of nym reply postings   
   >exceeding the client's download capacity. Be aware that with an increasing   
   >amount of data stored in Hamster a restart may take longer than OmniMix tries   
   >to connect, as auxiliary files have to be rebuilt. If that happens try to   
   >connect manually by clicking 'Connect' at the 'Hamster' > 'Run' tab.   
   [end quoted excerpt]   
      
   Hamster > Config > "Pull Limit Later" default is set to "0", try "100",   
   update and start Hamster server, and that should load only the newest   
   one hundred articles thenceforth (might change it back to "0" later?)   
      
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