If you put a check in the box to the left of the first word - Delete -
does the "days" box become unfaded?

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Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)


CWLee wrote:
That is the location (tools|options|maintenance) that I was
looking for, but the "delete after X days" option is faded
and does not respond. If I click the earlier option to
"compress in background" then the fading goes away, but
others in this newsgroup have warned against doing the
"compress in background" option, so I don't enable it.
Other ideas? Thanks.

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"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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Tools | Options | Maintenance Tab. This deletes the messages, but
not the message headers.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"CWLee" wrote in message
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I'm running W-2000/pro, Outlook Express. I have a faint
memory of there being a place to set the number of days a
newsgroup message appears, and thereafter if deletes itself.
I think I originally set it for 7 days or 10 days. Now I
want to change it and I cannot find the place/method. Can
anyone here refresh my memory? Thanks.


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CWLee
"I appreciate those who walk out from the edges with
torches or even in the dark with their hands out in front
of them. We need those explorers and weirdos. I am
so grateful when I find that I am not the first." - Sally
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