Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (
More info?)
Whoops!
I've typed that URL dozens of times, but I got it wrong this time. It
should be:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Sorry 'bout that. ;^{
And, as Frank said, rather than (or in addition to) deleting messages too
soon, you may just not be downloading all those available if you left the
setting at the default 300 headers at a time.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
"R. C. White" <rc@corridor.net> wrote in message
news:e0CZ$9iAFHA.3836@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi, Tyler.
>
> As Sharon said, news servers purge old messages to make room for new, and
> the definition of "old" depends on how much storage space the server has
> available, just like me, when I'm trying to make more room on my hard
> drive.
>
> But it could be your own computer that is deleting the messages too soon.
> In OE, click Tools | Options... On the Maintenance tab, look at the
> number in the Delete news messages ___ days after being downloaded. The
> default is 5 days, as I recall; I've changed mine to 32 days, to keep a
> full month's worth. Note that this is the number of days after I download
> them; it may have been many more days since they were actually posted,
> especially if I've only recently subscribed to that NG and downloaded All
> Messages.
>
> All of these microsoft.public newsgroups are hosted on the Microsoft
> public news server, which is free and does not require you to log on.
> Many news servers (perhaps including the one you are using) simply "slurp"
> messages from the host server and relay them - and any responses - back
> and forth, resulting in posts that are late, out of sequence, or simply
> lost. To "cut out the middleman", just click here:
> news://microsoft.public.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
>
> Unless blocked by something like a corporate firewall, that should create
> the News account for you and subscribe you to this newsgroup; in other
> words, it should bring you right back here. Then you can choose whether
> to download the entire backlog or just New messages. (I currently show
> 6,844 messages, dating back to 11/23/04 in this Basics NG; it takes a long
> time to download that many, even with broadband.)
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "tyler" <tyler@cox.net> wrote in message
> news
93Jd.2456$av.335@fed1read01...
>>I notice that original posts here are often removed, and I can only view
>>it after scrolling thru the reply, sometimes several replys. It would be
>>nice to read the original question or issue first, the read on to the
>>responses. It it a setting issue on my side or what?
>> Tyler