Hi,
Yep, that's about how it works. I leave it unchecked, and have a newsgroup
message rule that deletes posts over 7 days old. In addition to deleting
when manually applied, it also has the affect of not downloading older posts
when resynchronizing.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"cranheim" <> wrote in message
news:LSg9j.6176$ ...
>I changed the number of headers to get from 300 to 1000, and was able to
>find my post. I can't select more than 1000 unless I uncheck the box as
>suggested. With the box unchecked, I would get over 20,000. Charles
>Ranheim
>
>
> "Rick Rogers" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi,
>>
>> No, they didn't get deleted. Download more headers or remove the
>> limitations (uncheck the "get xxx headers at a time" line under
>> tools/options/read tab).
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "cranheim" <> wrote in message
>> news:Zge9j.80448$. net...
>>>I was looking for a post I made a few days ago and noticed a break
>>>between 11/25 and 12/13. Did the missing posts get deleted from the
>>>system? If not, how can I get to see them? Charles Ranheim
>>>
>>
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