NNTP Specific Variables

nntp-buggy-select

Non-nil means the select routine of your operating system is buggy. GNUS may hang up while waiting for NNTP server responses. The problem may be solved by setting the variable to t. See section NNTP Problems, for more information.

nntp-maximum-request

Specifies the maximum number of requests to be sent to the NNTP server at one time. GNUS may hang up while retrieving headers of a large newsgroup because sending many requests to the NNTP server without reading replies to them causes deadlock. In this case, set the variable to a lower number. See section NNTP Problems, for more information.

nntp-large-newsgroup

Specifies the number of articles which indicates a large newsgroup. If the number of articles is greater than the value, verbose messages will be shown to indicate the current status.

tcp-program-name

Specifies a program which establishes communications between Emacs and the NNTP server. Its default value is `tcp' which is distributed as `tcp.c' with other files of GNUS (see section Files of GNUS). If your Emacs has the function open-network-stream, there is no need to define this variable.