[tin-dev] "tin: memory exhausted trying to allocate 4026531841 bytes in file ./newsrc.c line 1471"

[Urs Janßen]

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 04:16:32PM -0800, Ant Dude wrote:
> "tin -r -n" worked as it slowly (took a lot longer than usual) loaded up 
> my old tin v2.1.1. Also, only removing alt.binaries.boneless didn't fix 
> my issue.

looking at
<https://www.newshosting.com/grouplist/grouplist.txt>
there are a lot of huge groups on thier server - eg. 16449748650 articles
(yes, 16 billion) in alt.binaries.boneless or 6307478254 in alt.binaries.cores
so you def. want a handpciked newsrc or a system with lots! of ram.

urs
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