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Slow Machine
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   If you have a slow machine, or are just really impatient, there are a
few things you can do to make Gnus run faster.

   Set`gnus-check-new-newsgroups' and `gnus-check-bogus-newsgroups' to
`nil' to make startup faster.

   Set `gnus-show-threads', `gnus-use-cross-reference' and
`gnus-nov-is-evil' to `nil' to make entering and exiting the summary
buffer faster.

   Set `gnus-article-display-hook' to `nil' to make article processing
a bit faster.