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I use outlook express to monitor these Microsoft newsgroups. Some of the
ones I use seem to have too much stuff and since I only care to keep a copy of my old posts, so I don't ask the same dumb question twice, I am in the process of copying only these posts into a separate folder. Then I delete all the old posts, except mine, in the newsgroup, say monthly. This seem to help immeasurably with the daily re-load time of OE newsgroups, which was becoming a big problem. However, there is one newsgroup, windowxp.general where the number of threads is almost 1 million, only 7 of which are mine. I would like to save them also, but when ever I highlight that newsgroup, even when I get it to go as far as only showing just my 7 threads, OE become non-responsive. I have tried it many times. I suppose the best thing would be to simply try to delete the newsgroup - I'm not sure it will even let me do that - and resubscribe, but how do I stop it from downloading 1 million threads again. Also, will I be able to get my seven threads back? Help, please. |
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Compact your folders, close and reopen OE and see if that newsgroup is more
responsive. Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed. If that does not help, go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now. Select that newsgroup at the top and then Reset, followed up with Compact. Reset will remove and re-download all messages on the server for that newsgroup. Now if you don't want to download all three months of posts, do this first. If you want to download newsgroups, but don't want hundreds, or thousands, of messages, you can create a message rule such as this: Tools | Message Rules | News. 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 Tools | Options | Read - 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~ "Dean" wrote in message ... I use outlook express to monitor these Microsoft newsgroups. Some of the ones I use seem to have too much stuff and since I only care to keep a copy of my old posts, so I don't ask the same dumb question twice, I am in the process of copying only these posts into a separate folder. Then I delete all the old posts, except mine, in the newsgroup, say monthly. This seem to help immeasurably with the daily re-load time of OE newsgroups, which was becoming a big problem. However, there is one newsgroup, windowxp.general where the number of threads is almost 1 million, only 7 of which are mine. I would like to save them also, but when ever I highlight that newsgroup, even when I get it to go as far as only showing just my 7 threads, OE become non-responsive. I have tried it many times. I suppose the best thing would be to simply try to delete the newsgroup - I'm not sure it will even let me do that - and resubscribe, but how do I stop it from downloading 1 million threads again. Also, will I be able to get my seven threads back? Help, please. |
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Thanks, Bruce - I did already compact. I remain a little confused about how
it seems to be able to retain my threads from years ago, yet supposedly, only has 3 months' worth. Perhaps, it has them stored on my hard disk or something. Regardless, it is those old posts I want to retain and I'm having trouble working around that - I may have already lost them when I did the reset you suggested. Any ideas how to do this? Thanks! Dean "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... Compact your folders, close and reopen OE and see if that newsgroup is more responsive. Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed. If that does not help, go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now. Select that newsgroup at the top and then Reset, followed up with Compact. Reset will remove and re-download all messages on the server for that newsgroup. Now if you don't want to download all three months of posts, do this first. If you want to download newsgroups, but don't want hundreds, or thousands, of messages, you can create a message rule such as this: Tools | Message Rules | News. 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 Tools | Options | Read - 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~ "Dean" wrote in message ... I use outlook express to monitor these Microsoft newsgroups. Some of the ones I use seem to have too much stuff and since I only care to keep a copy of my old posts, so I don't ask the same dumb question twice, I am in the process of copying only these posts into a separate folder. Then I delete all the old posts, except mine, in the newsgroup, say monthly. This seem to help immeasurably with the daily re-load time of OE newsgroups, which was becoming a big problem. However, there is one newsgroup, windowxp.general where the number of threads is almost 1 million, only 7 of which are mine. I would like to save them also, but when ever I highlight that newsgroup, even when I get it to go as far as only showing just my 7 threads, OE become non-responsive. I have tried it many times. I suppose the best thing would be to simply try to delete the newsgroup - I'm not sure it will even let me do that - and resubscribe, but how do I stop it from downloading 1 million threads again. Also, will I be able to get my seven threads back? Help, please. |
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I don't know how they managed to stay on your machine so long, but there is
always this: http://groups.google.com/groups/sear...r=&safe=images -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Dean" wrote in message news ![]() Thanks, Bruce - I did already compact. I remain a little confused about how it seems to be able to retain my threads from years ago, yet supposedly, only has 3 months' worth. Perhaps, it has them stored on my hard disk or something. Regardless, it is those old posts I want to retain and I'm having trouble working around that - I may have already lost them when I did the reset you suggested. Any ideas how to do this? Thanks! Dean "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... Compact your folders, close and reopen OE and see if that newsgroup is more responsive. Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed. If that does not help, go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now. Select that newsgroup at the top and then Reset, followed up with Compact. Reset will remove and re-download all messages on the server for that newsgroup. Now if you don't want to download all three months of posts, do this first. If you want to download newsgroups, but don't want hundreds, or thousands, of messages, you can create a message rule such as this: Tools | Message Rules | News. 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 Tools | Options | Read - 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~ "Dean" wrote in message ... I use outlook express to monitor these Microsoft newsgroups. Some of the ones I use seem to have too much stuff and since I only care to keep a copy of my old posts, so I don't ask the same dumb question twice, I am in the process of copying only these posts into a separate folder. Then I delete all the old posts, except mine, in the newsgroup, say monthly. This seem to help immeasurably with the daily re-load time of OE newsgroups, which was becoming a big problem. However, there is one newsgroup, windowxp.general where the number of threads is almost 1 million, only 7 of which are mine. I would like to save them also, but when ever I highlight that newsgroup, even when I get it to go as far as only showing just my 7 threads, OE become non-responsive. I have tried it many times. I suppose the best thing would be to simply try to delete the newsgroup - I'm not sure it will even let me do that - and resubscribe, but how do I stop it from downloading 1 million threads again. Also, will I be able to get my seven threads back? Help, please. |
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Thanks, that may have to be my approach.
Dean "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... I don't know how they managed to stay on your machine so long, but there is always this: http://groups.google.com/groups/sear...r=&safe=images -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Dean" wrote in message news ![]() Thanks, Bruce - I did already compact. I remain a little confused about how it seems to be able to retain my threads from years ago, yet supposedly, only has 3 months' worth. Perhaps, it has them stored on my hard disk or something. Regardless, it is those old posts I want to retain and I'm having trouble working around that - I may have already lost them when I did the reset you suggested. Any ideas how to do this? Thanks! Dean "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... Compact your folders, close and reopen OE and see if that newsgroup is more responsive. Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed. If that does not help, go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now. Select that newsgroup at the top and then Reset, followed up with Compact. Reset will remove and re-download all messages on the server for that newsgroup. Now if you don't want to download all three months of posts, do this first. If you want to download newsgroups, but don't want hundreds, or thousands, of messages, you can create a message rule such as this: Tools | Message Rules | News. 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 Tools | Options | Read - 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~ "Dean" wrote in message ... I use outlook express to monitor these Microsoft newsgroups. Some of the ones I use seem to have too much stuff and since I only care to keep a copy of my old posts, so I don't ask the same dumb question twice, I am in the process of copying only these posts into a separate folder. Then I delete all the old posts, except mine, in the newsgroup, say monthly. This seem to help immeasurably with the daily re-load time of OE newsgroups, which was becoming a big problem. However, there is one newsgroup, windowxp.general where the number of threads is almost 1 million, only 7 of which are mine. I would like to save them also, but when ever I highlight that newsgroup, even when I get it to go as far as only showing just my 7 threads, OE become non-responsive. I have tried it many times. I suppose the best thing would be to simply try to delete the newsgroup - I'm not sure it will even let me do that - and resubscribe, but how do I stop it from downloading 1 million threads again. Also, will I be able to get my seven threads back? Help, please. |
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