If you want to download newsgroups, but don't want hundreds, or thousands,
of messages, you can create a message rule such as this:

ToolsMessage RulesNews.

Box 1: Where the message was sent more than days ago
Box 2: Delete it & Stop processing more rules
Box 3: Click on "Days" and choose the # of days you want.
Name the rule.

In ToolsOptionsRead - Uncheck: Get XXX headers at a time. When you go to,
or subscribe to a newsgroup, it will only download the messages for the
number of days you selected.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"JasonA" wrote in message
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After re-installing XP, I restored my dbx files yet Outlook Express still
wants to download over 30,000 of messages which I would already have. How
can I prevent this?