NewsLeecher supporting compressed headers from astraweb (XZVER)

[zrubavel]

I have implemented a local proxy that makes it possible to use
NewsLeecher to fetch compressed headers from astraweb, making
headers update much faster.
Anyone interested in trying it out, please PM me here.

[tesco]

If it's through a proxy then what is the benefit? :unsure:

[zrubavel]

LOCAL proxy, the UNcompressed data is not going over the net...

[zot]

Excellent! :D

Could this be made to work with other newsreaders, or other servers that use a different variation of xzver/xzhdr?

I suspect that the Newsleecher developer - even though he's been promising compressed headers for 8 months now without ever implementing them - will quickly adopt xzver/xzhdr in Newsleecher, now that he's been upstaged and this feature has literally been rubbed in his face. :)

[zrubavel]

It does only xzver, not xzhdr, I didn't see NL using the latter.
It can work with any server that supports this extension, but I don't
know of anyone besides astraweb.
And yes, it can work with other newsreader clients, though I didn't
try it.

[Bonzai11]

Sounds like a cool idea. But one thing can it be set up on linux?

[dutchmaster420]

heres an article from a while back from astraweb about this

http://helpdesk.astraweb.com/index.php?_m=news&_a=viewnews&newsid=9

[zrubavel]

Sounds like a cool idea. But one thing can it be set up on linux?

Yes, I originally built it for linux, then used cygwin for windows.

You can take it from here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/258623811/xzverproxy.tgz

If you give it a try, please let me know how it works out.

[Bonzai11]

Well I tried it out with newsleecher in wine.
I've never used it before but the results came up almost instantly.
Even when hitting the 15,000 limit or whatever it is.
Only one thing terminal just had Waiting for connections maybe it wasn't working?
Anyway searches were very fast.

Kind Offtopic: But does anyone know any alternatives to newsleechers supersearch for linux?

[trudex]

Sounds like a cool idea. But one thing can it be set up on linux?

Yes, I originally built it for linux, then used cygwin for windows.

You can take it from here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/258623811/xzverproxy.tgz

If you give it a try, please let me know how it works out.


Hi, is there any chance to get the source code for this? I would like to use it on linux running on ARM cpu.

[tesco]

LOCAL proxy, the UNcompressed data is not going over the net...
Ah, sorry, I misread.

[SonsOfLiberty]

Well I tried it out with newsleecher in wine.
I've never used it before but the results came up almost instantly.
Even when hitting the 15,000 limit or whatever it is.
Only one thing terminal just had Waiting for connections maybe it wasn't working?
Anyway searches were very fast.

Kind Offtopic: But does anyone know any alternatives to newsleechers supersearch for linux?

Pay for it and use Alt.binz

[Ashen]

Hi - I'm interested in this, if it's possible to get a copy still please? (though I can't find the PM option!) - thanks.

[Hypatia]

Newsleecher supports compressed headers. At least the latest v4 betas

[anon]

(though I can't find the PM option!)

15 days of membership and 10 posts.

[UseNetLover]

The feature 'Compress header' should be available a long time ago.
GigaNews and Newshosting implement this through GigaNews Accelerator and Stunnel respectively and support for ALL newsreader programs.

Compress header is useful when it boosts downloading header 2 to 10 times, or even more, very useful when you want to see what articles in a newsgroup.

[Hypatia]

afaik you dont need giganews accelarator for most newsreaders. they have native support of compressed headers.Well, it applies at least to NB pro, NL, UE.