[recumbent615]

OK, Here is the solution for regulating the # of messages to download on each pass.

in gateway.php find

PHP Code:

    // retrieve each message and process
    if ($grouptype == 'news'){
        $lastmsg = ($group[lastmsg] >= $news->min()) ? $group[lastmsg] : $news->min();
        $max = $news->max();
    } else {
        $lastmsg = 0;
        $max = $Count;
    }
    for ($current = $lastmsg+1; $current <= $max; $current++){ 


and replace it with this

PHP Code:

    // retrieve each message and process
    if ($grouptype == 'news'){
        $lastmsg = ($group[lastmsg] >= $news->min()) ? $group[lastmsg] : $news->min();
        $max = $news->max();
    } else {
        $lastmsg = 0;
        $max = $Count;
    }
    // Total to grab at one time
    $grab = 500;
     
    if (( $max - $lastmsg ) > $grab ) {
        $max = $lastmsg + $grab ;
        echo "Downloading messages from ".$lastmsg." to ".$max."<br>";
    }    
    for ($current = $lastmsg+1; $current <= $max; $current++){ 


To deal with the Date Stamp issue I have made one change that I plan on removing when I've uploaded all of the back posts from the news groups.

PHP Code:

            if ($group[lastmsg] == 0){
                $date = strtotime($message[date]);
            } else {
                $date = strtotime($message[date]);
                // $date = time();
            }