How do you reset newsgroup downloads, because I don't want hamster to >download 600 messages after being away for a week.
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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.
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