Downloading headers takes forever

[ThePrimal]

I switched back to Newsbin from Newsleecher after a loooong time and like Newsbin just fine.
There is just one major problem which drives me insane:

When I update a group which has let's say 600.000 new headers it takes over an hour until the group is updated. I went through several betas with no change.
In Newsleecher this would take about a minute and I would be done. What could be the cause?

[Quade]

In the options, make sure "Background Update" is set. What kind of download speed are you seeing?

I have a fast connection and while downloading files got, 600,000 posts from a group in about 30 seconds. I'm trying to figure out if the issue is download speed or something else.

[ThePrimal]

Thanks! It was not activated and that did the trick... Now it is 200.000 headers every minute

[dece870717]

Why download headers, why not use a website that has raw usenet search engines? I personally use this one http://www.newzbin2.es/ and http://binsearch.info/ is another great one.

[Quade]

I use headers pretty much exclusively myself.

- I have them locally so, I can browse at will. Don't have to worry about sites being down or being shutdown.

- With header compression, they download fast. I get an effective 400-500 Mbps header download speed to Astra

- It's much easier to browse locally than on a website.

- I find things just by browsing I'd never see searching.

if you're on a modest computer or slowish connection, a website makes more sense.