Feedreader 3

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i have that same problem on a P3-866mhz wich i leave on 24h/7.

i downloaded frbackup just now, it didnt make the database any smaller. neither did the fixdatabase.bat file. my database was 53megs before and still 53mb after. So either there's no garbage to collect (implausible!) or there's a problem in the utilities.

i tried the async suggestion, i'm waiting to see if the problem will happen again but ram usage is 172mb, thats just unacceptable for any program other than games.

for now i'll set archive size to 50 articles. and delete manually all read articles in my feeds and rerun the utility to see if it helps.

i think the cpu usage is due to smartfeeds set on very busy websites that update their rss continuously almost every minute and have too many articles in them at the same time. FR has to eliminate articles already downloaded from previous update and that takes too much cpu. this needs to be optimised.

Something to add in the smartfeed code might be to check if the smartfeed update interval value is < 5mins, then ask the user if this is acceptable and that cpu usage might increase, if its not acceptable then use the default value, or if set to smartfeed then let the user to set a manual update interval.

The database engine could be needing to be teaked or rebuilt from the ground up.

I thought i should note I am still having this issue, even with trying all the tricks mentioned by toomas, and trying an upgrade to 3.08.

I also have same problem here. For me, I discover that the problem occurs because I'm using a proxy server which need authentication and I didn't fill in the username and password. After I fill in the username and password or uncheck the checkbox 'Using proxy server', the problem solved.

*How many feeds doyou aproximately have?
*Are you using the latest 3.06 version?

Some hints:
*You can try to clean/backup/restore DB. It makes DB faster (http://www.feedreader.com/files/frbackup.exe)
*You can change some internal settings in database. I'm copying following paragraph from one forum thread. I have use it myself for two weeks now and nothing bad happens even if database is more in memory. Then developing we constantly crash program and it really does not kill data.

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*About performance - we are announcing a really interesting option for power users. If you have a lot of feeds and articles and it feels like feedreader is using too much CPU then do following:

"Use gfix program in Feedreader program directory and in command line apply following command:
gfix -w async -user sysdba -password masterkey "c:\Docu
ments and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Feedreader\RSSENGINE.FDB
"

This option makes Feedreader database to remain a little bit more in memory and hard disk is used less. I tried this option and was quite happy with it.
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If you set Feedreader's CPU priority to 'Low' or 'Idle' in task manager it will spread the CPU Usage over a longer period of time, assuming you are actively trying to use that CPU.