What I do:

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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"David Robinson" wrote in message
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Hi.

Does anyone know of a way of downloading more than 1000 headers at a time,
with some groups having more than 300,000 posts at a time this is a real
pain.

T.I.A