What can I do to speed up header retrieval?

When your newsreader retrieves headers, it usually must perform several tasks, which include accessing the headers, organizing that information, and writing the new information to a database file on your computer. This can demand a lot of your computer's resources.

You may be able to achieve faster header speeds by taking these steps:

• Avoid getting headers in a very large group, while the newsreader is accessing articles, or performing other tasks.
• If your newsreader allows you to sort headers by subject or author, resort by date or article number before getting headers in a large newsgroup, so your newsreader will not try to sort while it is transferring or updating the header information.
• If your newsreader supports it, discard any unneeded headers before getting new headers, to reduce the size of any database files your computer will need to write to the hard drive.