That setting exists for emails but is not in the "options" window. It is in the "account's settings". I set mine to hours instead of that 5 seconds.
I don't know if it exists for 'news' also. Robert Meek wrote: > I had taken your suggestions and finally decided upon replacing the > lousy newsgroup app that came with Vista and am now using Thunderbird > instead. > I like it a lot, however I just noticed a problem that I don't > seem able to fix! > With Outlook Express there was a setting allowing you to show > only new unread messages as they came in when ever you opened a > particular group. After 5 seconds, any opened message in that group was > considered "read" and so didn't show up again unless you did a search > for it. > In Thunderbird I cannot seem to find a setting for this and each > morning I keep getting the same messages over and over whether I've read > them or not. Is there a solution to this I haven't come across? > > Also, if anyone remembers the old Puppet TV show called > "Thunderbirds" which came out from the same guy in England that > previously did one called, "Fireball XL500", a sci-fi puppet show of the > same type, there was a three-letter acronym code response that all the > characters used as an affirmation...FOB, or FOP...I'm not sure. But I > saw an old re-run of one of the "Thunderbird" episodes while lying > around in the hospital last month, ( You can only play around with the > nurses for so long and then even THEY get boring! <g> ), and ever since > I've been trying to remember what it actually stands for! > This unimportant question will bug me for the rest of my life > unless someone can help me with the answer! > Thanx in advance! > > from Robert Meek dba "Tangentals Design" > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Freelance Windows Programming for XP and Vista > Also proud to be a Moderator of the "Delphi-List" at elists.org > > "Reality cannot be explained...only enjoyed or endured as your current > perspective allows!" > > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > > __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk