Import folder?

[Plankton]

How long has that been there never noticed it before?

[itimpi]

How long has that been there never noticed it before?

If you mean the NZB Autoload folder - then I think it is something like 4 years!

[Quade]

Relatively recent. That's where all the headers download to these days. Made no sense to download them to the individual groups. Now there's a central place to look. The files in the folder get read and fed into the proper groups.

[Plankton]

But doesn't that double the disk in/out being fed to the drive twice with import and move and the extra drive buffering alongside with other tasks?

[Quade]

Nope

[wiggins09]

With ref to the increase in space usage....
I've been having issues loading headers over the last few days. Cannot see why having downloaded a few 000 they don't show when groups are viewed/refreshed.
Decided to upgrade to 6.73RC2 = no change.
Did a full uninstall & clean reinstall.

Still seems not quite right on header handling & now I have <9gb headers + <10gb 'import' folder - previously I had a <10gb NB folder & now it's >20gb. No header filters installed (yet).
So what am I doing wrong?

Installed on SSD that shows no errors.

[dexter]

I guess you missed the discussion about the current spam flood on Usenet? viewtopic.php?f=8&t=41268

Solution is to download the latest beta and install a header filter to keep a majority of spam out of your database.

In your case, you are going to want to blow away your header backlog too, then re-download headers after you install the filter. You remove the backlog by deleting the files in the Import folder which is in your Newsbin Data Folder. Go under Options -> Settings and click "Open Data Folder" to find it.

[wiggins09]

Thanks Dexter.
I hadn't gotten around to reading that thread. I wondered why my RAM was being flooded...
I had a corrupt DB a while back & automatically figured that was my problem instead of comprehending that news !
Bet the Server farms are loving this a-hole.

Just dropped in a filter & NB is now working as req'd.
Will try a fresh header d/l later.