Re: [Pan-users] pan2 problems on freebsd 6.0

[Jim Reiss]

> 1. I have about 12 news groups subscribed. I try to download all of the 
> headers for these, but after 30 minutes or so I go back to the computer 
> and pan is
> no longer running and I need to start over. Why?
A likely cause is running out of memory.  Unless you're using the
unreleased version from CVS, any group with lots of articles will
consume all the RAM on a system with typical amounts of memory.

> 2. how can you view "all groups" and then select a group to subscribe to 
> without the program first asking you if you if you want download some 
> headers?
Select the group with the middle mouse button and then right click on it
to subscribe, if I understand your question correctly.