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friends-dispatcher keeps downloading stuff

Asked by Ahmed Azaan

/usr/bin/friends-dispatcher seems to be downloading quite a bit of stuff and quite often. What is this and what is it downloading so often? I cant seem to find much information online about it.

I understand it has something to with social integration with fb/twitter. But I have not integrated these accounts with ubuntu as far as i know.

Any ideas on how to get rid of it or at least stop it from downloading whatever it is downloading?

Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is output of:

lsb_release -a; apt-cache policy friends-dispatcher

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Ahmed Azaan (azaan) said : 		#2

⚡ lsb_release -a; apt-cache policy friends-dispatcher [2:02:06]
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04
Codename: raring
friends-dispatcher:
  Installed: 0.1.3daily13.04.17.1~13.04-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.1.3daily13.04.17.1~13.04-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.1.3daily13.04.17.1~13.04-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Ahmed Azaan (azaan) said : 		#3

Actually after reviewing my settings, I see that I have linked my facebook account in Online Accounts. So I suppose this is responsible for the downloads.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

You may be able to set downloading data less frequently etc....

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Ahmed Azaan (azaan) said : 		#5

how would i do it?

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Whatever app checks for new feeds, check configs there.

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Ahmed Azaan (azaan) said : 		#8

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.