Mail & Newsgroup Settings-> Server Settings for particular news server -> check "Ask me before downloading more than x messages" and pick a value for x(if x==0 then Mozilla never asks instead of always asking). Then when you subscribe to a newsgroup, an alert will popup giving you the option to only download the 'x' most recent messages. Then again you don't appear to be using Mozilla for news in which case this information is meaningless...
Jens Schlatter wrote: > How can I directly subscribe to a specific news group without > downloading a huge group list? > > Jens > >
