What is this “Limit body retrieval rate” setting?
When you retrieve more than 7 or so per second, the UI may get sluggish. The following factors can affect the rate at which bodies are retrieved: • the speed of your Internet connection • how many connections your news servers allow • how many servers you retrieve bodies from simultaneously • how big the bodies are (small text bodies make the problem worse because you naturally can get more of them faster) So, the solution was to add an option to limit the rate at which bodies can be retrieved. This sets the maximum rate, and imposes no penalty when bodies come in slower than that. In particular, it should have no effect on the rate at which you can download large multiparts. The default setting of 4 per second seems about right based on observed results. The rate can be set between 0.1 and 100 bodies per second. This FAQ Entry was updated on 08.03.05, please give us your feedback.
